DICTOMETER

STRETCHING

(stretch, stretching, estiramiento, estirar, extender, periodo, período, tramo, trecho, strekk, strekke, strekning, tidsrom)

1. Synonyms:
   • Stretching
   Definitions:
   • act of expanding by lengthening or widening
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Stretch
   • Stretching
   Definitions:
   • exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Stretch
   • Stretch along
   Definitions:
   • occupy a large, elongated area
   Examples:
   • The park stretched beneath the train line
   Antonyms:
   shrink, contract
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Stretch
   • Extend
   Definitions:
   • extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body
   Examples:
   • Stretch your legs!
   • Extend your right arm above your head
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Unfold
   • Stretch
   • Stretch out
   • Extend
   Definitions:
   • extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
   Examples:
   • Unfold the newspaper
   • Stretch out that piece of cloth
   • Extend the TV antenna
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Stretch
   Definitions:
   • become longer by being stretched and pulled
   Examples:
   • The fabric stretches
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Elongate
   • Stretch
   Definitions:
   • make long or longer by pulling and stretching
   Examples:
   • Stretch the fabric
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Stretch
   • Stretch out
   Definitions:
   • lie down comfortably
   Examples:
   • To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Stretch
   Definitions:
   • pull in opposite directions
   Examples:
   • During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Stretch
   Definitions:
   • extend the scope or meaning of
   • often unduly
   Examples:
   • Stretch the limits
   • Stretch my patience
   • Stretch the imagination
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Load
   • Adulterate
   • Stretch
   • Dilute
   • Debase
   Definitions:
   • corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
   • often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
   Examples:
   • Adulterate liquor
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Extend
    • Stretch
    Definitions:
    • increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance
    Examples:
    • Stretch the soup by adding some more cream
    • Extend the casserole with a little rice
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Stretch
    • Stretch out
    Definitions:
    • extend one's body or limbs
    Examples:
    • Let's stretch for a minute