retch

«retch» in Mova's school dictionary: to strain the throat and stomach as if about to be sick… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (retch, retches, retched, retching)

meaning for a pupil

1) To retch is to strain the throat and stomach as if about to be sick, without being sick. tree →

2) (dialect, old use) To retch is to reach or stretch out a hand or arm. tree →

sense in the lessons

in dialect tales «retch» means reach; in ordinary use it means to heave as if about to vomit

examples

• He began to retch and gag at the bad smell. tree →
• "You speck to retch there safe and sound?" (= reach) tree →
• He retched out his hand to shake hands. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «retch» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.