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  Stretch \Stretch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stretched; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Stretching.] [OE. strecchen, AS. streccan; akin to D.
     strekken, G. strecken, OHG. strecchen, Sw. str["a]cka, Dan.
     str[ae]kke; cf. AS. str[ae]ck, strec, strong, violent, G.
     strack straight; of uncertain origin, perhaps akin to E.
     strong. Cf. Straight.]
     1. To reach out; to extend; to put forth.
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              And stretch forth his neck long and small.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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              I in conquest stretched mine arm.     --Shak.
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     2. To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a
        straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope.
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     3. To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as,
        to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings.
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     4. To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly.
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              The ox hath therefore stretched his yoke in vain.
                                                    --Shak.
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     5. To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to
        stretch a tendon or muscle.
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              Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve.  --Doddridge.
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     6. To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the
        truth; to stretch one's credit.
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              They take up, one day, the most violent and
              stretched prerogative.                --Burke.
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  Stretching \Stretch"ing\,
     a. & n. from Stretch, v.
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     Stretching course (Masonry), a course or series of
        stretchers. See Stretcher, 2. --Britton.
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  Stretch \Stretch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stretched; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Stretching.] [OE. strecchen, AS. streccan; akin to D.
     strekken, G. strecken, OHG. strecchen, Sw. str["a]cka, Dan.
     str[ae]kke; cf. AS. str[ae]ck, strec, strong, violent, G.
     strack straight; of uncertain origin, perhaps akin to E.
     strong. Cf. Straight.]
     1. To reach out; to extend; to put forth.
  
              And stretch forth his neck long and small.
                                                    --Chaucer.
  
              I in conquest stretched mine arm.     --Shak.
  
     2. To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a
        straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope.
  
     3. To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as,
        to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings.
  
     4. To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly.
  
              The ox hath therefore stretched his yoke in vain.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     5. To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to
        stretch a tendon or muscle.
  
              Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve.  --Doddridge.
  
     6. To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the
        truth; to stretch one's credit.
  
              They take up, one day, the most violent and
              stretched prerogative.                --Burke.

  Stretching \Stretch"ing\,
     a. & n. from Stretch, v.
  
     Stretching course (Masonry), a course or series of
        stretchers. See Stretcher, 2. --Britton.

  stretching
       adj : extending far; "beyond the misty gray of the rain he saw the
             stretching hutment"; "wide-spreading plains" [syn: stretching(a),
              wide-spreading]
       n 1: act of expanding by lengthening or widening
       2: exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their
          full extent [syn: stretch]

  stretching
     n.
     1 The act by which something is stretched.
     2 A form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle (or
  muscle group) is deliberately elongated to its fullest length in order
  to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle
  tone.
     a.
     Requiring a high level of effort or performance.
     vb.
     (present participle of en stretch)
     Swedish n.
     c (l en stretching) (form of physical exercise)

  stretching
     n.
     1 The act by which something is stretched.
     2 A form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle (or
  muscle group) is deliberately elongated to its fullest length in order
  to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle
  tone.
     a.
     Requiring a high level of effort or performance.
     vb.
     (present participle of en stretch)

  stretching
     n.
     1 The act by which something is stretched.
     2 A form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle (or
  muscle group) is deliberately elongated to its fullest length in order
  to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle
  tone.
     a.
     Requiring a high level of effort or performance.
     vb.
     (present participle of en stretch)
     Swedish n.
     c (l en stretching) (form of physical exercise)

  stretching
     n.
     1 The act by which something is stretched.
     2 A form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle (or
  muscle group) is deliberately elongated to its fullest length in order
  to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle
  tone.
     a.
     Requiring a high level of effort or performance.
     vb.
     (present participle of en stretch)
     Swedish n.
     c (l en stretching) (form of physical exercise)

  stretching
     Englanti n.
     (''lihaksen, ruumiin'') venyttely, venytys
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm s tretch ing)

  stretching
     n.
     ''variant av '' stretchning

  Stretching
     Tyska n.
     stretchning, stretching

  stretching
     n.
     ''variant av '' stretchning

  Stretching /ˈstʁɛt͡ʃɪŋ/ 
  stretching, stretchning
  das Dehnen/Strecken von Muskeln/Muskelbändern

  Stretching /stɹˈɛtʃɪŋ/
  الإمتداد

  stretching //ˈstɹɛt͡ʃɪŋ// 
  разтя́гане
  a form of physical exercise

  stretching /stɹˈɛtʃɪŋ/
  natahování

  stretching /stɹˈɛtʃɪŋ/
  protahování

  stretching /stɹˈɛtʃɪŋ/
  tělesné cvičení

  stretching /stɹˈɛtʃɪŋ/
  Dehnung 
     Synonym: stretch
  

  stretching /stɹˈɛtʃɪŋ/
  Streckung 
   see: stretchings
  

  stretching /stɹˈɛtʃɪŋ/
  belastend, beanspruchend
     Synonym: stretching out
  
   see: stretch sth., stretch out sth., stretched, stretched out, stretch sb.'s resources to the limit
  

  stretching /stɹˈɛtʃɪŋ/
  breiter werdend, sich verbreiternd, sich weitend, sich ausweitend
     Synonyms: widening, broadening
  
   see: widen, broaden, stretch, widened, broadened, stretched
  

  stretching /stɹˈɛtʃɪŋ/
  dehnend, spannend
   see: stretch sth., stretched
  

  stretching /stɹˈɛtʃɪŋ/
  dehnend, streckend, ausstrecken, ausbreiten
   see: stretch, stretched, stretches, stretched
  

  stretching /stɹˈɛtʃɪŋ/
  sich dehnend, sich streckend
   see: stretch, stretched, stretches, stretched
  

  stretching /stɹˈɛtʃɪŋ/
  sich erstreckend
   see: stretch, stretched, stretches, stretched
  

  stretching /stɹˈɛtʃɪŋ/
  sich erstreckend, Ort reichend, gehend
     Synonyms: reaching, extending
  
   see: reach a place, extend, stretch, reach to a place/as far as a place, reached a place, extended, stretched, The land reaches the river., The land reaches to the river., The land reaches as far as the river., When she is sitting, her feet don't reach the ground., The skirt reaches (down) below her knees., The cord doesn't reach., The lead doesn't quite reach the plug., Her hair reached down to her waist., The boots reached up to his knees.
  

  stretching /stɹˈɛtʃɪŋ/
  großzügig auslegend, weit fassend
   see: stretch, stretched
  

  stretching /stɹˈɛtʃɪŋ/
  sich reckend, seine Glieder reckend
   see: stretch, have a stretch, stretched
  

  stretching /stɹˈɛtʃɪŋ/
  reichend
   see: stretch to sth., stretched, stretch to doing sth., My savings won't stretch to buying a new car.
  

  stretching /stɹˈɛtʃɪŋ/
  Längung 
     Synonyms: lenghening, elongation
  

  stretching /stɹˈɛtʃɪŋ/
  
  τέντωμα

  stretching /stɹˈɛtʃɪŋ/
  istezanje, prostire, proteže, statičko istezanje

  stretching /stɹˈɛtʃɪŋ/
  1. kiterjedés
  2. túlzás
  3. kinyúlás
  4. kinyújtás
  5. kifeszítés
  6. megfeszülés
  7. erôltetés
  8. terjedelem
  9. kiterjesztés
  10. feszítés
  11. feszülés
  12. nyújtózkodás
  13. nyújtás
  14. kifeszülés

  stretching //ˈstɹɛt͡ʃɪŋ// 
  ストレッチ, ストレッチング, ストレッチ体操
  a form of physical exercise

  stretching //ˈstɹɛt͡ʃɪŋ// 
  stretching, stretchning
  a form of physical exercise

  stretching /strˈɛtçiŋk/ 
  stretching
  (sport, sportowy) zestaw ćwiczeń fizycznych polegający na rozciąganiu mięśni celem ich uelastycznienia

  
/ˈstɹɛtʃɪŋ/

  102 Moby Thesaurus words for "stretching":
     aggrandizement, amplification, ballyhoo, big talk, bloat,
     bloatedness, bloating, blowing up, breaking point, burlesque,
     caricature, diastole, dilatation, dilation, distension, doziness,
     dropsy, drowsiness, edema, elongation, enhancement, enlargement,
     exaggerating, exaggeration, excess, exorbitance, expansion,
     extension, extravagance, extreme, extreme tension, flatulence,
     flatulency, flatus, gassiness, grandiloquence, heaviness,
     heightening, huckstering, hyperbole, hyperbolism, inflation,
     inordinacy, intumescence, languor, lengthening, lethargy,
     magnification, meteorism, oscitancy, oscitation, overdistension,
     overdrawing, overemphasis, overestimation, overexpansion,
     overextension, overkill, overstatement, overstrain, overstraining,
     overstretching, pandiculation, prodigality, production,
     profuseness, prolongation, protraction, puff, puffery, puffiness,
     puffing, puffing up, sensationalism, sleepiness, snapping point,
     somnolence, somnolency, strain, straining, stretch, stringing out,
     superlative, swell, swellage, swelling, swollenness, tall talk,
     tension, touting, travesty, tumefaction, tumescence, tumidity,
     tumidness, turgescence, turgidity, turgidness, tympanism, tympany,
     windiness, yawning
  
  

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