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# retch

verb (retch, retches, retched, retching)

«retch» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To retch is to strain the throat and stomach as if about to be sick, without being sick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retch/#m1)
2. (dialect, old use) To retch is to reach or stretch out a hand or arm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retch/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retch/#x1)
- "You speck to retch there safe and sound?" (= reach) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retch/#x2)
- He retched out his hand to shake hands. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retch/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «retch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retch/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«retch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/retch.html) on Mova free.