"streek" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: streeks [present, singular, third-person], streeking [participle, present], streeked [participle, past], streeked [past]
Rhymes: -iːk Head templates: {{en-verb}} streek (third-person singular simple present streeks, present participle streeking, simple past and past participle streeked)
  1. (archaic, dialect, UK, Scotland, transitive) To stretch. Tags: Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-streek-en-verb-myEniw6I Categories (other): British English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, West Frisian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of West Frisian entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 1 5 2 2 31 27 16 4 9 1 1
  2. (archaic, dialect, UK, Scotland, transitive) To lay down, as a dead body. Tags: Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-streek-en-verb-MHwk3gLe Categories (other): British English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, West Frisian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of West Frisian entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 1 5 2 2 31 27 16 4 9 1 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: streeker

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1802, anonymous author, Four Funny Tales, The Monk and the Miller's Wife:",
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        "(archaic, dialect, UK, Scotland, transitive) To stretch."
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          "ref": "1866, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Poems and Ballads, The King's Daughter:",
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        "(archaic, dialect, UK, Scotland, transitive) To lay down, as a dead body."
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