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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Temple :: Temple (n.) A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.
Rascallion :: Rascallion (n.) A low, mean wretch..
Villainous :: Villainous (a.) Base; vile; mean; depraved; as, a villainous person or wretch..
Ambulance :: Ambulance (n.) A field hospital, so organized as to follow an army in its movements, and intended to succor the wounded as soon as possible. Often used adjectively; as, an ambulance wagon; ambulance stretcher; ambulance corps..
Tenter :: Tenter (v. t.) To hang or stretch on, or as on, tenters..
Intensive :: Intensive (a.) Stretched; admitting of intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified..
Cramp :: Cramp (n.) A piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretched to give it the requisite shape..
Tree :: Tree (v. t.) To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree; as, to tree a boot. See Tree, n., 3..
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..
Miserably :: Miserably (adv.) In a miserable; unhappily; calamitously; wretchedly; meanly.
Spread :: Spread (v. i.) To extend in length and breadth in all directions, or in breadth only; to be extended or stretched; to expand..
Tension :: Tension (a.) The degree of stretching to which a wire, cord, piece of timber, or the like, is strained by drawing it in the direction of its length; strain..
Extension :: Extension (v. t.) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.
Filar :: Filar (a.) Of or pertaining to a thread or line; characterized by threads stretched across the field of view; as, a filar microscope; a filar micrometer..
Rack :: Rack (v. t.) To extend by the application of force; to stretch or strain; specifically, to stretch on the rack or wheel; to torture by an engine which strains the limbs and pulls the joints..
Elenge :: Elenge (a.) Sorrowful; wretched; full of trouble.
Groveler :: Groveler (n.) One who grovels; an abject wretch.
Shampoo :: Shampoo (v. t.) To press or knead the whole surface of the body of (a person), and at the same time to stretch the limbs and joints, in connection with the hot bath..
Wrecche :: Wrecche (a.) Wretched.
Stretch :: Stretch (v. t.) To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly.
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