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. (Ireland) 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. A length of time.
17. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of stretch limousine.

Sinónimos

extend

spread

reach

strain

stretch out

expand

lengthen

pull

widen

draw

tighten

drag

unfold

tense

enlarge

extent

straighten

broaden

reach out

spread out

elongate

span

tauten

distend

stretching

continue

unroll

straighten out

open

stretch oneself

expanse

adulterate

draw tight

pull tight

prolong

unfurl

range

sprawl

become longer

draw out

run

dilute

become wider

stretchability

stretch along

stretchiness

reaching

make straight

tension

spread-eagle

elasticity

space

distance

stretched

apply

interval

extended

gap

step up

pull out

expansion

stint

straight

taut

straightedge

straight edge

be extended

distention

lengthen out

make longer

extension

flex

field

ruler

magnify

make

debase

drag out

deepen

augment

sector

go on

grease

load

anoint

smear

smooth out

outspread

live

limber

haul

elongated

aggrandize

increase

bend

pandiculation

period

crane

reach to

journey

stand on tiptoe

contract

peel

peewee

peregrination

period of time

phase

pitch

plat

pliability

pliant

plot

point-blank

portion

press on

proceed

progress

project

propagate

protraction

purview

rack

radiate

rain

🌧️

relax

resilience

resiliency

resume

ride

right

roll

rolling out

roll out

roll-out

row

run on

run out

sawn-off

scatter

scope

section

segment

series

shake

🫨

sheet

site

snap

snippet

spill

spin off

spin out

splay

spreading

spring

springiness

spring up

springy

squirt

stain

start

station

🚉

stay on

stickiness

stick out

straddle

straightaway

straightforward

⬆️

straight line

straight-out

stretchable

stretchy

stride

string up

supple

suppleness

supply

sweep

take-up

tautness

term

tight

time

⌚

hand up

shuffle off

tour

tow

white out

tract

transit

true

twist

unbend

unbent

unbigoted

unbowed

uncrossed

uncurled

unfolding

untwisted

uphold

verge

voyage

way

worn out

yank

yield

zone

become deeper

be drawn

be elastic

be lengthened

bounciness

cover over

dispread

frank

freeze over

gain influence

loosen up

make bigger

make progress

make taut

move on

pull taut

put forth

rax

reach for

sow in

stick into

unmediated

prison term

reach out for

make tense

grow long

make big

adaptability

crack

development

stress

support each other

make long

uncurved

bush out

plow ahead

spinnbarkeit

uncurving

unexacting

straight scale

outlie

rectilinear scale

set up hard

adaptable

drawout

adaptive

age

area

attract

bear on

beat

begin

block

bounce

bracing

branch out

bridge

bring down

broadening

burst

carry on

chapter

circularise

column

come

continuity

curve

cut

delay

deploy

develop

diffuse

direct

disperse

disseminate

distort

distribute

divaricate

downright

drawl

draw up

ductility

effuse

elastic

elongating

elongation

epoch

evolution

evolvement

explosion

fasten

flexibility

flexible

flexibleness

flow

fork

fragment

frontal

get around

give forth

go ahead

go along

go beyond

grow

hang

hang in

hang on

hold on

hold out

inhale

internment

iron

keep

keep on

keep up

knock out

lag

lapse

last

launch

layout

lay out

lean

leg

🦵

length

lengthened

lengthening

lengthiness

level

lie

look up

loose

lot

make smaller

member

misconceive

misinterpret

misread

misrepresent

move

nonrigid

order

outstretch

paragraph

passage

patch

Traducións

étendre

étirer

estirar

strecken

dehnen

tender

tendre

strekken

extender

spannen

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/stɹɛt͡ʃ/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: strecchen

Herdado de Old English: streċċan

Relativo a frisón occidental: strekke

Relativo a neerlandés: strekken

Relativo a alemán: strecken

Relativo a dinamarqués: strække

Relativo a sueco: sträcka

Relativo a neerlandés: strak

Relativo a 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.

Frases

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