stretch

Significado (Inglés)

Verb

1. (transitive) To lengthen by pulling.
2. (intransitive) To lengthen when pulled.
3. (transitive) To pull tight.
4. (figuratively, transitive) To get more use than expected from a limited resource.
5. (figuratively, transitive) To make inaccurate by exaggeration.
6. (intransitive) To extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point.
7. (intransitive, transitive) To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body, for example in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles.
8. (intransitive) To extend to a limit point
9. (transitive) To increase.
10. (colloquial, obsolete) To stretch the truth; to exaggerate.
11. To sail by the wind under press of canvas.
12. (archaic, slang, transitive) To execute by hanging.
13. (transitive) 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. (UK, archaic, 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. (Ireland) A length of time.
13. A length of time.
14. (slang) A length of time.
15. (slang) A length of time.
16. A length of time.
17. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of stretch limousine.

Conceptos

estirar

tender

extender

estirarse

alargar

extenderse

trecho

tramo

estiramiento

tenderse

diluir

elasticidad

engrasar

tensar

tirar

trayecto

untar

desenvolver

alargarse

abultar

extensión

extraer

ensanchar

desperezarse

desplegar

dilatación

estirón

jalar

dilatar

lapso

prolongar

tirantez

tumbarse

tesar

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arrastrar a la fuerza

pesar en la balanza

traccionar

prolongar tirando

preparar la cama

tender la ropa

hecharse

hacer largo

profundizarse

gran extensión de terreno

ahondar

alcance

alfombrar

arrastrar

colgar

cubrir

Sinónimos

extend

spread

strain

reach

stretch out

expand

lengthen

pull

widen

drag

tighten

draw

unfold

tense

enlarge

extent

tauten

broaden

spread out

elongate

straighten

reach out

span

continue

distend

stretching

unroll

open

expanse

straighten out

stretch oneself

become longer

adulterate

draw tight

dilute

sprawl

unfurl

pull tight

draw out

prolong

range

run

apply

tension

become wider

stretchiness

interval

stretch along

stretchability

stretched

Traducciones

étendre

étirer

strecken

dehnen

stendere

tendre

strekken

esticar

rekken

tendere

spannen

stirare

allungarsi

s’étirer

estirar

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/stɹɛt͡ʃ/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: strecchen

Heredado de inglés antiguo: streċċan

Cognado con frisón occidental: strekke

Cognado con neerlandés: strekken

Cognado con alemán: strecken

Cognado con danés: strække

Cognado con sueco: sträcka

Cognado con neerlandés: strak

Cognado con albanés: shtriqem

In summary

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.