ˈstrēk verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English (northern dialect) streken, from Old English strec-, stem of streccan to stretch
transitive verb
1. chiefly Scotland : stretch , extend
2. chiefly Scotland : to lay out (a dead body)
intransitive verb
1. : to fall or lie prostrate : stretch out
2. obsolete : to extend toward or to something : reach