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Meaning of streek | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. To stretch.
  2. To lay down, as a dead body.

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

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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