streekstreakv.
/striːk/, U.S. /strik/, Scottish English /strik/ Now Scottish and dialect.† 6.
1.
a. transitive. To stretch (oneself), thrust out or extend (one's limbs), in a recumbent posture. Also in passive, to lie thus stretched. Also with adverb, as down, out. Cf. stretch v. 1.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > stretch [verb (transitive)]
astretchc1000
raxlec1275
streekc1330
porrectc1425
stretcha1500
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 12703 Gapyng he lay at erþe al streked.
1414 T. Brampton Paraphr. Seven Penit. Psalms (1842) 30 For stark, my lemys I may not streke.
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox, Wolf, & Cadger l. 2135 in Poems (1981) 81 Baith heid and feit and taill ȝe man streik out.
1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas Ep. Ded. I have lien streaking me (like a lubber) when the sunne did shine.
1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie i. iii. sig. C8v Shall Curio streake his lims on his dayes couch, In Sommer bower?
?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) ix. 416 Along his den, amongst his cattell downe He rusht, and streakt him.
a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 164 Where the gudeman aft streeks him at his ease.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. vi. 142 I wad e'en streek mysel out here.
b. intransitive. To fall prostrate; to lie down at full length. Cf. stretch v. 1e.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > lie down or recline [verb (intransitive)] > lie down or assume reclining position > prostrate
streeka1325
prostratea1425
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > fall down or from erect position > specifically of person or animal > fall flat or prostrate
streeka1325
platc1330
sleta1400
frontc1540
to measure (out) one's lengthc1580
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 481 Caim..Grusnede and strekede and starf wið-ðan.
1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. vi. i. 90 When Lucan streaked on his Marble-bed To thinke of Cæsar, and great Pompeys deed.
1728 A. Ramsay Monk & Miller's Wife 71 There's braw ait strae; Streek down upon 't, my lad.
1814 W. Scott Waverley II. vii. 122 Mony an honester woman's been set upon it than streeks doon beside ony whig in the country. View more context for this quotation
1820 J. Clare Poems Rural Life (ed. 3) 60 I'd just streak'd down.
c. Of the limbs: To be stretched (out); to be extended or expanded. Of a person: To stretch oneself, stretch one's limbs. Cf. stretch v. 3b.
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the world > space > extension in space > extend [verb (transitive)] > stretch out
stretchc900
astretchc1000
i-stretchec1000
thinc1000
to-tightc1200
reacha1300
spreada1382
extendc1386
to lay outa1400
streeka1400
outstretcha1425
rekea1425
stentc1430
outreach?1440
inch out1878
the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > stretch oneself or be stretched [verb (intransitive)]
raxlec1275
roxle?c1335
raxa1400
streeka1400
stretcha1586
spelder1720
a1400 Signs of Death 13 in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1903) 253 His feet shullen streken.
1586 T. Bright Treat. Melancholie xxvi. 155 In streaking, the muscles are contracted.
1608 Bp. J. Hall Characters Vertues & Vices ii. 120 After some streaking and yawning [he] calles for dinner.
1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) vi. ccv. 81 He began to streak, and nod, and yawn.
1728 A. Ramsay Monk & Miller's Wife 140 Mill-knaves..Whase kytes can streek out like raw plaiding.
2. transitive. To lay prostrate; to lay out (a corpse). Also with out. Cf. stretch v. 1b.
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the world > space > relative position > horizontal position or condition > place in horizontal position [verb (transitive)] > lay flat (on the ground)
layc950
lairc1200
streek1303
to lay lowc1405
prostrate1483
prostern1490
spald1513
prostitute1583
prosternate1593
lodge1597
flatten1712
the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > prepare corpse [verb (transitive)] > lay out
stretcha1225
streek1303
to lay out1595
composea1677
straight1725
stroke1898
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 944 Furþ, for ded, men gan hym streke.
c1585 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems xxxvi. 4 Suppl. Vol. 247 So daithe at last sell straik þe stark.
1787 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 336 May I be..streekit out to bleach In winter snaw.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. xiv. 277 I may be streekit here or night. There will be few, few at Meg's like wake.
1858 R. Craig in J. Brown Horæ Subs., Locke & Sydenham etc. 426 A female relative..saying that she would come and streek him after he died.
1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn xliv Mrs. Buckley and the women were down at Mrs. Mayford's, streaking the bodies out.
1896 S. R. Crockett Grey Man v. 35 The maid washed and streeked him.
3. To stretch (one's limbs) in order to exercise the muscles. to streek one's shanks, wame, to take a walk, step out. Cf. to stretch one's legs at leg n. Phrases 3k.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > stretch [verb (transitive)] > specific part of body > in order to exercise the muscles
streekc1485
society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > go on foot [verb (intransitive)] > for exercise or recreation
walka1375
to take a walk1581
to take one's walk(s)1581
to stretch one's legs1584
purmeinea1614
fetch, rarely make a walk1694
to streek one's shanks, wame1788
constitutionalize1852
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Gouernaunce of Princis (1993) xxiii. 92 Quhen thou rysis jn the mornyng, thou suld..strek and rak thy membris—suetely and softly & evinly.
1788 E. Picken Poems & Epist. 65 Sae, now, I e'en maun streek my wame, An' see gin things be right at hame.
1788 E. Picken Poems & Epist. 111 I never whisky us't, nor snuff, To streek the legs o' fancy.
a1810 R. Tannahill Poems (1846) 60 Wha mony a mile wud streek his shanks, To ha'e a crack wi' Josie Banks.
1827 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxxii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 473 Sair gi'en to gauntin, and the streekin' out o' ane's airms.
4. in extended use.a1340 R. Rolle Psalter lxxix. 12 Extendit palmites suos vsque ad mare... Sho strekis hir brawnchis til the see.† b. To put forth, hold out, launch (a weapon, etc.). Also figurative. Obsolete.† c. Of a heavenly body: To emit, project (beams of light). Obsolete. Cf. stretch v. 7.
a. To extend from the body, hold out or up, stretch forth (one's arm, hand, etc.) in order to touch, grasp, etc. Cf. stretch v. 4.
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the world > space > distance > nearness > be near to [verb (transitive)] > be in contact with > extend so far as to touch
reachc1225
streeka1340
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [verb (transitive)] > lengthen > extend to full length
streeka1340
strain1398
extendc1420
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5817 I bidd þe strek þi hand þe fra.
c1425 Wyntoun Cron. i. 717 Þan þat fute vp þai streik, Þat it fra þaim þe weddyr brek.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 479/1 Streykyn owte, protendo, extendo.
c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 69 I schal streke out my hand on him.
c1480 (a1400) SS. Simon & Jude 258 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 215 We sal gyf þam leyf to speke, bot nane a fowt furth to streke [L. sed ambulare non posse].
1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid xiii. Prol. 150 Be my richt hand strekit vp in hy.
a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 60 He fell doune wpoun his knies and streikit forth his craig to the sword.
?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xii. 148 She lurkes in midst of all her denne: and streakes From out a ghastly whirle-poole, all her necks.
1901 ‘G. Douglas’ House with Green Shutters 311 Think of your mother..streeking out her auld hand for charity.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > assail with missiles [verb (transitive)] > discharge (missile)
sendc825
to let flyOE
slenga1300
castc1325
lancec1330
throwa1382
launch?a1400
whirlc1440
fling1487
dischargec1500
to let goc1500
streek1513
deliver1574
level1592
fire1887
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ii. ix. 41 With grundin lance at hand so neir furth strykit [rhyme-word arrekit].
c1585 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems xlix. 29 Go to than, shirs, and let vs streik a sting.
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the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > emit beams (of a luminary) [verb (transitive)]
reflecta1456
streekc1480
shoot1596
stream1880
c1480 (a1400) St. Mary of Egypt 1319 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 334 Þe sone cane fare bemys strek.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) iv. 704 Sum ar les, sum othir mair, Eftir as thair bemys strekit air, Owthir all evin, or on wry.
5. † d. transitive ? To urge on (an animal), cause to go quickly. Obsolete. rare.
a. intransitive. To go or advance quickly; to go at full speed; to decamp. Also with away, off, etc. Cf. stretch v. 10 (The verb is, in this sense, now regarded as part of streak v.2 6).
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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > move swiftly [verb (intransitive)] > go at full speed
to burn the earth or windc1275
streekc1380
career1647
streak1768
streak1834
score1858
to go eyes out1863
to go for the doctor1907
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away suddenly or hastily
fleec825
runOE
swervea1225
biwevec1275
skip1338
streekc1380
warpa1400
yerna1400
smoltc1400
stepc1460
to flee (one's) touch?1515
skirr1548
rubc1550
to make awaya1566
lope1575
scuddle1577
scoura1592
to take the start1600
to walk off1604
to break awaya1616
to make off1652
to fly off1667
scuttle1681
whew1684
scamper1687
whistle off1689
brush1699
to buy a brush1699
to take (its, etc.) wing1704
decamp1751
to take (a) French leave1751
morris1765
to rush off1794
to hop the twig1797
to run along1803
scoot1805
to take off1815
speela1818
to cut (also make, take) one's lucky1821
to make (take) tracks (for)1824
absquatulize1829
mosey1829
absquatulate1830
put1834
streak1834
vamoose1834
to put out1835
cut1836
stump it1841
scratch1843
scarper1846
to vamoose the ranch1847
hook1851
shoo1851
slide1859
to cut and run1861
get1861
skedaddle1862
bolt1864
cheese it1866
to do a bunkc1870
to wake snakes1872
bunk1877
nit1882
to pull one's freight1884
fooster1892
to get the (also to) hell out (of)1892
smoke1893
mooch1899
to fly the coop1901
skyhoot1901
shemozzle1902
to light a shuck1905
to beat it1906
pooter1907
to take a run-out powder1909
blow1912
to buzz off1914
to hop it1914
skate1915
beetle1919
scram1928
amscray1931
boogie1940
skidoo1949
bug1950
do a flit1952
to do a scarper1958
to hit, split or take the breeze1959
to do a runner1980
to be (also get, go) ghost1986
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1265 Doun in the pyt sche strekes.
?a1400 Morte Arth. 2085 Thane strekez the steryne, and streynys his brydylle.
c1510 G. Douglas King Hart ii. 335 Than Jelosie come strekand vp the stair.
1720 A. Ramsay Poems 351 Dædalus must contradict Nature forsooth, and Feathers stick Upon his Back, syne upward streek, and in at Jove's high Winnocks keek.
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 51 O'er hill an' dale she forcefully did dreel; A' road to her was bad an' gueed alike, Nane o't she wyl'd, but forret still did streak.
b. transferred, e.g. of the sun in its course. Of a river: To flow, stream.
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the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flow [verb (intransitive)]
runeOE
flowa1000
fleetc1175
stretchc1275
slide1390
fleamc1465
pour1538
slip1596
streek1598
strain1612
put1670
rindle1863
slosha1953
the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > move swiftly [verb (intransitive)]
lakeOE
flyOE
runOE
scour13..
jace1393
hie1398
spina1400
fleetc1400
glentc1400
stripc1400
suea1450
carryc1450
speed1488
scud1532
streek1598
winga1616
to clip it1616
hackney1617
swifta1618
whirryc1630
dust1673
whew1684
race1702
stroke1735
cut1797
spank1807
skid1815
speela1818
crack1824
skimmer1824
slap1827
clip1832
skeet1838
marvel1841
lick1850
travel1850
rush1852
zip1852
sail1876
rabbit1887
move1906
high-tail1908
to ball the jack1914
buzz1914
shift1922
giddap1938
burn1942
hoosh1943
bomb1966
shred1977
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Irrigare..to streame or streake along.
1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxii. 28 Ouze..varying her cleere forme a thousand sundry wayes, Streakes through the verdant Meads.
1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. F5 So doth the gentle warmth of solar heat Eas'ly awake the centre seminall, That makes it softly streak on its own seat, And fairly forward force its life internall.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 175 How swift the sun streaks down the western sky.
c. To walk along, stroll, saunter ( Eng. Dial. Dict.).
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society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > go on foot [verb (intransitive)] > leisurely or idly
raik?c1350
troll1377
spacea1425
jet1530
spacierc1550
snaffle1611
spatiate1626
saunter1671
stroll1680
trollopa1745
dangle1778
doiter1793
stroam1796
browse1803
soodle1821
potter1824
streek1827
streel1839
pasear1840
toddle1848
bummel1900
1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 10 While younksters, by the sea-side streikin', Gaed paidlin' in without a breik on.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > urge on
streeka1500
push1590
put1590
whigc1667
cramc1830
to call upon ——1842
double-thong1856
giddap1938
a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 3082 His horss he strekith our the larg gren.
a. intransitive. To extend or reach (in a specified direction or for a specified distance). Obsolete. Cf. stretch v. 13.
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the world > space > extension in space > extend in space [verb (intransitive)] > extend in a certain direction
liec1000
shootc1000
drawc1180
stretcha1387
streek1388
bear1556
trend1598
tend1604
take1610
to make out1743
to put out1755
trench1768
make1787
1388 in Sir J. H. Ramsay Bamff Charters (1915) 22 Begynand on the west part of the Lowssy law, strekand west by the land of Tyny.
a1400–50 Wars Alex. 5063 Betwene þa styes..þat strekis þurȝe þe mountis.
c1425 Wyntoun Cron. i. 553 Fra north on south þe streme it strekis In till þe Red Seye quhill it reikis.
c1480 (a1400) St. Bartholomew 220 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 186 Of his hewyd þe lochtris of hare til his fete strekand ware.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xviii. 130 Apon the cawse That wes betuix thame and the toune, That strekit lang in a randoune.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. v. 1 Fra thine strekis the way profound anon Deip onto hellis flude of Acheron.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 74 All the landis that la in the south Fra Forth streikand recht on to Eskis mouth.
1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iii. ii. xix. f. 197 A perpendicular shadowe, which streeketh right downe from head to foote.
1602 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 476/1 Begynnand at the Hammer-pule-fute, and strykand langis the watersyde of Air to [etc.].
c1680 J. Morisone in W. Macfarlane Geogr. Coll. Scotl. (1907) II. 211 Upon the west syde of the Countrie there are no harbouring for shipps except the Loch of Carluvay, streeking in almost in the middest of the countrie.
b. figurative. Obsolete.
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c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 61 Boþ of lawe of kind, and of law writun, and law of grace, he is þe first begining..and to wam al laws strekyn.
c1480 (a1400) St. Machor 1120 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 32 Ne manis wit ma strek þartill, to consawe it thru kindly skill.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 929 Micht he haf lifit quhill he had beyne Of perfit elde, withouten weyne, His renoune suld haf strekit fer.
7. † b. To stretch on a rack or on a cross. Obsolete. Cf. stretch v. 17.
a. transitive. To stretch out, extend (a rope, etc.); †to pitch (a tent). Cf. stretch v. 12b, 1c.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > camping or encamping > pitch (tent or camp) [verb (transitive)]
teldc725
slayc1000
to set upc1275
pitchc1325
allodgec1330
wickc1330
streeka1340
till1362
stretch1382
pick?a1400
tent1553
stenda1600
to strike up1755
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter ciii. 3 Extendens celum sicut pellem..Strekand heuen as a skyn.
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxxxix. 6 Funes extenderunt in laqueum, strengis þai strekid in snare.
?a1400 Morte Arth. 1229 Furthe stepes that steryne, and strekez his tentis One a strenghe by a streme.
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society > authority > punishment > torture > [verb (transitive)] > on the rack
spread?c1225
fordrawc1380
enginec1405
rack?a1439
stentc1480
streekc1480
draw1481
brake1530
excarnificate1570
excruciate1570
stretch1585
to break on the torture1598
distend1599
tenter1615
tousea1616
tympanize1647
the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > stretch [verb (transitive)] > a person, in punishment or torture
spread?c1225
straina1400
straightc1400
streekc1480
c1480 (a1400) St. Andrew 688 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 83 Þane one þe croice but howne þai strekyt, and band hym sone with cordis.
c1480 (a1400) St. Agatha 168 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 363 He gert strek hire in a frame, & torment hir in syndry vyse.
c. To pull (a boot) on one's leg.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > with specific garments > footwear
shoec897
boot1468
sandal1713
streek1815
clog1827
slipper1856
beslipper1866
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. xi. 184 He had as gude a pair o' boots as a man need striek on his legs.
d. to streek a tow, also intransitive. to streek in a halter: to be hanged, ‘swing’. Cf. stretch v. 18a, 1c.
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society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > be hanged [verb (intransitive)]
rideeOE
hangc1000
anhangc1300
wagc1430
totter?1515
to wave in the windc1515
swing1542
trine1567
to look through ——?1570
to preach at Tyburn cross1576
stretch?1576
to stretch a rope1592
truss1592
to look through a hempen window?a1600
gibbet1600
to have the lift1604
to salute Tyburn1640
to dance the Tyburn jig1664
dangle1678
to cut a caper on nothing1708
string1714
twist1725
to wallop in a tow (also tether)1786
to streek in a halter1796
to straight a ropea1800
strap1815
to dance upon nothing1837
to streek a tow1895
1796 J. Lauderdale Coll. Poems Sc. Dial. 80 May I in a halter streek, If I hae Latin, French, or Greek.
1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags ii. 22 But ye shall all streek a tow for this.
8. To cause to reach across a space. In quot. 1787 with over. Cf. stretch v. 12a.
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the world > space > extension in space > extend [verb (transitive)] > extend over or across > cause to
stretcha1225
overstretchc1500
overlay?1609
streek1787
1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 72 Ance ye were streekit owre frae bank to bank!
9. To put (an implement) in action. to streek the plew: to draw the first furrow after harvest.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > cause to begin to act or operate
to put (also set) to worka1398
to put on work?1440
streek?a1500
setc1500
to put (also set) in (also into) motion1598
spring1598
to set offa1625
to put (also set) in work1626
to set (a-)going1705
start1822
to start up1865
to set in motion1890
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox, Wolf, & Husbandman l. 2234 in Poems (1981) 85 Sa happinnit him, in streiking tyme off ȝeir, Airlie in the morning to follou furth his feir Vnto the pleuch.
1555 Charters etc. Peebles (1872) 218 At the streking of the plewis yerelie, betwix Sanct Lucas day and Mertymes, and at harrowis streking.
1577 J. Grange Golden Aphroditis sig. Iiijv I..thinke dame Pallas streaked mine oare as well in this cace, as did Vlisses preuaile thorow hyr counsell against the Syrenes.
1790 D. Morison Poems 109 Ae day last week..She happ'd by chance to streek the wheel.
1790 D. Morison Poems 131 Gae streek the rake.
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