stretch

Significado (Inglés)

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
8. To extend to a limit point
9. To increase.
10. (colloquial,obsolete) To stretch the truth; to exaggerate.
11. To sail by the wind under press of canvas.
12. (slang) To execute by hanging.
13. To make great demands on the capacity or resources of something.

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. (slang) A walk.
7. A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it.
8. 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.
9. (informal) Term of address for a tall person.
10. The homestretch, the final straight section of the track leading to the finish.
11. A length of time.
12. A length of time.
13. (slang) A length of time.
14. (slang) A length of time.
15. A length of time.
16. Ellipsis of stretch limousine.

Conceptos

estirar

tender

extender

estirarse

alargar

extenderse

trecho

estiramiento

tenderse

tramo

abultar

desenvolver

diluir

engrasar

untar

dilatar

desperezarse

dilatación

elasticidad

ensanchar

estirón

extensión

extraer

jalar

tensar

tirar

desplegar

alargarse

trayecto

estirajar

distender

espaciar

exagerar

extremar

forzar

tensión

tirantez

tumbarse

arrastrar

arrastrar a la fuerza

pesar en la balanza

sacar

traccionar

colgar

prolongar tirando

tesar

tender la ropa

alfombrar

cubrir

preparar la cama

ahondar

hacer largo

profundizar

prolongar

ahondarse

profundizarse

apoyarse

hecharse

elongación

alcance

recta

período

dar

alterar

falsear

tergiversar

gran extensión de terreno

esforzar

lapso

pausa

espacio

intervalo

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/stɹɛt͡ʃ/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Middle English strecchen, from Old English streċċan (“to stretch, hold out, extend, spread out, prostrate”), from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjan (“to stretch, make taut or tight”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg-, *streg-, *treg- (“stiff, rigid”). Cognate with West Frisian strekke, Dutch strekken (“to stretch, straighten”), German strecken (“to stretch, straighten, elongate”), Danish strække (“to stretch”), Swedish sträcka (“to stretch”), Dutch strak (“taut, tight”), Albanian shtriqem (“to stretch”). More at stark.

Oraciones

The Schlitterbahn Water Park is built along a stretch of the river .

El parque acuático Schlitterbahn está construido a lo largo de un tramo del río.