stretch

Etymology
From, from , from , from , ,. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. More at.

Verb

 * 1)  To lengthen by pulling.
 * 2)  To lengthen when pulled.
 * 3)  To pull tight.
 * 4)  To get more use than expected from a limited resource.
 * 5)  To make inaccurate by exaggeration.
 * 6)  To extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point.
 * 7)  To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles
 * When the cat woke up, it yawned and stretched.
 * 1)  To extend to a limit point
 * 2)  To increase.
 * 3)  To stretch the truth; to exaggerate.
 * 4)  To sail by the wind under press of canvas.
 * 5)  To execute by hanging.
 * 6)  To make great demands on the capacity or resources of something.
 * 1)  To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles
 * When the cat woke up, it yawned and stretched.
 * 1)  To extend to a limit point
 * 2)  To increase.
 * 3)  To stretch the truth; to exaggerate.
 * 4)  To sail by the wind under press of canvas.
 * 5)  To execute by hanging.
 * 6)  To make great demands on the capacity or resources of something.
 * 1)  To increase.
 * 2)  To stretch the truth; to exaggerate.
 * 3)  To sail by the wind under press of canvas.
 * 4)  To execute by hanging.
 * 5)  To make great demands on the capacity or resources of something.
 * 1)  To sail by the wind under press of canvas.
 * 2)  To execute by hanging.
 * 3)  To make great demands on the capacity or resources of something.
 * 1)  To make great demands on the capacity or resources of something.

Translations

 * Arabic: تَمَدَّدَ
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: tindu
 * Assamese: মেলা
 * Bashkir: һуҙыу
 * Basque: luzatu
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: strække
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Farefare: tẽegɛ
 * Finnish:
 * French:.
 * Friulian: distindi, distirâ, tindi
 * Galician:, , espurrir
 * Georgian:
 * German:, , langziehen
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: τείνω
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ingrian: veruttaa
 * Irish: sín
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:, ,
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: vekêşin
 * Latin: tendo, extendo
 * Low German:
 * German Low German: strecken
 * Maori: whakamārō
 * Mongolian:
 * Nahuatl: titītza
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: þennan
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: chutay, mast'ay
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: stender, extender, tender
 * Russian:, ; ,
 * Sanskrit: तनोति
 * Scottish Gaelic: sìn
 * Spanish:
 * Sundanese: taak
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Ukrainian: розтяга́ти, розтягти́, витяга́ти, ви́тягти
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:


 * Bashkir: һуҙылыу
 * Bulgarian: разтеглям се, разтягам се
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Danish: strække
 * Dutch:
 * Dzongkha: ཧབ
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * German:, , sich strecken
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Irish: sín
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: vekêşin
 * Ottoman Turkish: اسنمك
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ; ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Sundanese: taak
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: витяга́тися, ви́тягтися, розтяга́тися, розтягти́ся
 * Welsh:


 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: һуҙыу, тарттырыу
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Danish: stramme, spænde
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:, ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Korean:
 * Maori: tūwhiti
 * Old English: þennan
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: sıkı çekmek
 * Ukrainian: натягат́и, натягти́


 * Bashkir: һуҙыу
 * Danish: strække
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * German:, , , ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Russian: ,


 * Bashkir: арттырыу
 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: overdrive
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Russian: ,


 * Bashkir: һуҙылыу, йәйелеү
 * Bulgarian: простирам се
 * Dutch:, (zich uit)
 * Finnish: ;
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Maori: whakarourou
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: ,


 * Arabic: مَدَّدَ, اِمْتَدَّ
 * Bashkir: кирелеү,  яҙыу
 * Bulgarian: протягам се
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 伸展
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: udstrække
 * Dutch: zich (uit)
 * Dzongkha: ཧབ
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: estarricar,, , espurrir,
 * German:, , , stretchen
 * Hungarian:, , megnyújtózik
 * Korean:
 * Latin: pandiculor
 * Maori: whakamakaka, hōkari, whakamākakakaka, taiaroa, whakamārō, hītamo, hītamotamo, whakamikiki, uatoko
 * Nahuatl: tititza, catzana
 * Portuguese: espreguiçar-se, alongar-se
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu: ఒళ్ళు విరుచుకొను
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Hungarian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ,


 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:, ,

Noun



 * 1) An act of stretching.
 * 2) The ability to lengthen when pulled.
 * 3) A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration.
 * 4) A segment of a journey or route.
 * 5) A segment or length of material.
 * 6)  A walk.
 * 7) * a. 1941,, quoted in 2010, Evelyn Underhill, Carol Poston, The Making of a Mystic: New and Selected Letters of Evelyn Underhill (page 81)
 * In the afternoon I went for a stretch into the country, & about 4 it cleared up pretty well, so I hurried back & we got a cart & drove to Bassano, a little town about 8 miles off, that we wanted to see.
 * 1)  A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it.
 * 2)  A long reach in the direction of the ball with a foot remaining on the base by a first baseman in order to catch the ball sooner.
 * 3)  The homestretch, the final straight section of the track leading to the finish.
 * 4) A length of time.
 * 5)  Extended daylight hours, especially said of the evening in springtime when compared to the shorter winter days.
 * 6)  The period of the season between the trade deadline and the beginning of the playoffs.
 * 7)  A jail or prison term.
 * 8)  A jail or prison term of one year's duration.
 * 9) A single uninterrupted sitting; a turn.
 * 10) A stretch limousine.
 * 1)  The homestretch, the final straight section of the track leading to the finish.
 * 2) A length of time.
 * 3)  Extended daylight hours, especially said of the evening in springtime when compared to the shorter winter days.
 * 4)  The period of the season between the trade deadline and the beginning of the playoffs.
 * 5)  A jail or prison term.
 * 6)  A jail or prison term of one year's duration.
 * 7) A single uninterrupted sitting; a turn.
 * 8) A stretch limousine.
 * 1)  A jail or prison term.
 * 2)  A jail or prison term of one year's duration.
 * 3) A single uninterrupted sitting; a turn.
 * 4) A stretch limousine.
 * 1)  A jail or prison term of one year's duration.
 * 2) A single uninterrupted sitting; a turn.
 * 3) A stretch limousine.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: venyttely ,
 * French:
 * German:, Dehnen, ,
 * Hungarian:, , , kinyújtózkodás
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 스트레칭,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: розтя́гування, розтя́жка


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:, Dehnbarkeit,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Polish: rozciągliwość,, rozciągalność
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian:


 * Finnish: kaukaa haettu
 * German:
 * Hebrew: הגזמה
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * German:, ,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Irish: réimse
 * Maori: tiāroa, tūtanga
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:


 * German:
 * Greek:


 * Maori:

Noun

 * 1) stretchy material