Definition of retch

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Retch (v. i.) To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting..

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Frame :: Frame (n.) The ribs and stretchers of an umbrella or other structure with a fabric covering.
Stretch :: Stretch (n.) Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the imagination..
Kettledrum :: Kettledrum (n.) A drum made of thin copper in the form of a hemispherical kettle, with parchment stretched over the mouth of it..
Litter :: Litter (n.) A bed or stretcher so arranged that a person, esp. a sick or wounded person, may be easily carried in or upon it..
Dog :: Dog (n.) A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch..
Stretch :: Stretch (v. t.) To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly.
Misery :: Misery (n.) Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
Prostrate :: Prostrate (a.) Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface; stretched out; as, to sleep prostrate..
Farstretched :: Farstretched (a.) Streatched beyond ordinary limits.
Caitiff :: Caitiff (n.) A wretched or unfortunate man.
Kayak :: Kayak (n.) A light canoe, made of skins stretched over a frame, and usually capable of carrying but one person, who sits amidships and uses a double-bladed paddle. It is peculiar to the Eskimos and other Arctic tribes..
Stretch :: Stretch (v. i.) To strain the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to stretch in his report of facts..
Tambour :: Tambour (n.) A small frame, commonly circular, and somewhat resembling a tambourine, used for stretching, and firmly holding, a portion of cloth that is to be embroidered; also, the embroidery done upon such a frame; -- called also, in the latter sense, tambour work..
Rampallian :: Rampallian (n.) A mean wretch.
Poltroon :: Poltroon (n.) An arrant coward; a dastard; a craven; a mean-spirited wretch.
Retched :: Retched (imp. & p. p.) of Retc.
Intensive :: Intensive (a.) Stretched; admitting of intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified..
Stretch :: Stretch (v. t.) To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings..
Galaxy :: Galaxy (n.) The Milky Way; that luminous tract, or belt, which is seen at night stretching across the heavens, and which is composed of innumerable stars, so distant and blended as to be distinguishable only with the telescope. The term has recently been used for remote clusters of stars..
Stretch :: Stretch (v. t.) To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one's credit..
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