Meaning of streek | Babel Free
Definitions
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To stretch. Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive
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To lay down, as a dead body. Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive
Examples
“Hae, there's a key, gang in your way At the neist door there's braw ait strae; Streek down upon't, my lad and learn They're no ill lodg'd that get a barn."”
“Ye'll make a grave for my fair body," Running rain in the mill-water; "And ye'll streek my brother at the side of me," The pains of hell for the king's daughter.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.