stretch

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

étendre

étirer

tendre

s’étirer

allonger

s’étendre

étirement

distendre

raidir

tirer

étendue

tension

étiré

élasticité

pousser

fausser

gagner

grandir

intervalle

lancer

pause

progresser

prolonger

remonter

reporter

repousser

section

se détendre

s’élargir

se répandre

temps

⌚

tendre la main

trainer

allongement

être fatigué

s’allonger

s’appuyer

se prolonger

s’étaler

s’exercer à

tronçon

être flatté

être prolongé

être retardé

être coûteux

mener par la bride

s'étendre

partie

s'étirer

abâtardir

Synonymes

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

Traductions

estirar

strecken

dehnen

tender

strekken

esticar

extender

stendere

tendere

rekken

spannen

estirarse

stirare

allungarsi

alargar

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/stɹɛt͡ʃ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: strecchen

Hérité de ancien anglais: streċċan

Appartenant à frison occidental: strekke

Appartenant à néerlandais: strekken

Appartenant à allemand: strecken

Appartenant à danois: strække

Appartenant à suédois: sträcka

Appartenant à néerlandais: strak

Appartenant à albanais: 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.

Phrases

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

Le parc aquatique de Schlitterbahn est construit le long d'un tronçon de la rivière.