dretch (English, verb)
expansion: dretch (third-person singular simple present dretches, present participle dretching, simple past and past participle dretched)
Senses:
glosses: To delay; linger; tarry.
tags: intransitive
obsolete
glosses: To move slowly and heavily; dawdle; loiter.
tags: Scotland
UK
dialectal
intransitive
Forms:
form: dretches
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: dretching
tags: participle
present
form: dretched
tags: participle
past
form: dretched
tags: past
form: draitch
tags: alternative
Scotland
form: drich
tags: alternative
Scotland