germek

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish گرمك (germek, to stretch, tight, tighten, spread out), from Proto-Turkic *ker- (to spread out, to hang).

Verb

germek (third-person singular simple present gerer)

  1. (transitive) to stretch, strain, tighten, draw, lengthen (by pulling)
  2. (transitive) to stretch out, extend
  3. (transitive) to strain, tauten, make (nerves, relations) tense

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