Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
stretch en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) An act of stretching.
I was right in the middle of a stretch when the phone rang.
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(countable, uncountable) The ability to lengthen when pulled.
That rubber band has quite a bit of stretch.
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(countable, idiomatic, uncountable) A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration.
It's a bit of a stretch to call Boris Karloff a comedian.
To say crossing the street was brave was quite a stretch.
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(countable, uncountable) A segment of a journey or route.
It was an easy trip except for the last stretch, which took forever.
It's a tough stretch of road in the winter, especially without chains.
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(countable, uncountable) A segment or length of material.
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(UK, archaic, countable, slang, uncountable) A walk.
In the afternoon I went for a stretch into the country, & about 4 it cleared up pretty well, so I hurried back & we got a cart & drove to Bassano, a little town about 8 miles off, that we wanted to see.
a. 1941, Evelyn Underhill, quoted in 2010, Evelyn Underhill, Carol Poston, The Making of a Mystic: New and Selected Letters of Evelyn Underhill (page 81)
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(countable, uncountable) A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it.
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
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(countable, informal, uncountable) Term of address for a tall person.
“Hey, Stretch,” he shouted at a tall, spectacled co-worker, “turn the fucking station, will you? You know I can't stand Rush, and it's all they play on this one. If I hear those assholes whine 'Tom Sawyer' one more time, I may go on a fucking killing spree.
2007, Michael Farrell, Running with Buffalo:Amelia: I mean, you're already a dwarf.
Gura: Oh, OK, Stretch.
2024 February 10, Amelia Watson, Gawr Gura, 2:46:24 from the start, in 【Deep Rock Galactic】yoooooooooo (YouTube live stream):
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(countable, uncountable) The homestretch, the final straight section of the track leading to the finish.
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(countable, uncountable) A length of time.
After the harvest there was a stretch of clear dry weather, and the animals toiled harder than ever […]
1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
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(Ireland, countable, uncountable) A length of time. ▸ Extended daylight hours, especially said of the evening in springtime when compared to the shorter winter days.
There is a grand stretch in the evenings.
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(countable, uncountable) A length of time. ▸ The period of the season between the trade deadline and the beginning of the playoffs.
The '42 Cardinals are best known for their amazing stretch run. St. Louis won 43 of their last 51 games and came back from a double-digit deficit in games in early August to edge out the Dodgers for the N.L. flag.
2000, Rob Neyer, Eddie Epstein, GBaseball Dynasties: The Greatet Teams of All Time, page 179:
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(countable, slang, uncountable) A length of time. ▸ A jail or prison term.
"Of course, if Cripps likes to stay here and do a stretch for burglary, well and good."
1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 132:He did a seven-year stretch in jail.
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(countable, slang, uncountable) A length of time. ▸ A jail or prison term. ▸ A jail or prison term of one year's duration.
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(countable, uncountable) A length of time. ▸ A single uninterrupted sitting; a turn.
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(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of stretch limousine.
Forms
Deriveds
stretch band · cat stretch · forestretch · home stretch · stretch-attend posture · frontstretch · antistretch · unstretch · time stretch analog-to-digital converter · stretch out · on a stretch · hyperstretch · astretch · stretch rope · stretchability · stretch the point · stretchflation · stretch shortening cycle · stretch wrap · stretch target · time-stretch · prestretch · midstretch · at full stretch · backstretch · by no stretch · stretch it out · stretch fabric · stretchout · final stretch · stretch thin · by any stretch · stretch reflex · stretch mark · stretch the truth · octopus stretch · stretch of the imagination · restretch · stretch-out · by no stretch of imagination · stretch the envelope · stretch hemp · stretch the long bow · seventh inning stretch · stretch forth · stretch the rules · nonstretch · stretch four · stretch goal · at a stretch · stretchproof · stretch one's wings · stretch limo · outstretch · stretching-iron · stretch printing · stretch pants · stretcher · electrostretch · stretch receptor · stretch a point · microstretch · mechanostretch · by any stretch of the imagination · by a long stretch · stretchy · stretchless · full-stretch · overstretch · brand stretch · stretch one's legs · by no stretch of the imagination · stretchable
Descendants
stretch · stretch- · streĉi
Synonyms
stint · stint
Translations (74)
es estiramiento (act of stretching) · es elasticidad (ability to lengthen when pulled) · fi venyttely (act of stretching) · ru растя́гивание (act of stretching) · hu kinyújtózkodás (act of stretching) · tr gerinme (act of stretching) · fi kaukaa haettu (thought which diverts from logic) · uk розтя́жка (act of stretching) · ru растя́жка (act of stretching) · cmn 伸展 (act of stretching) · de Untertreibung (act of stretching) · mi tiāroa (segment of a journey or route) · ga stráice (segment of a journey or route) · es trecho (segment of a journey or route) · de Abschnitt (segment of a journey or route) · hu nyúlás (ability to lengthen when pulled) · pl rozciąganie (act of stretching) · de Stück (segment of a journey or route) · es exageración (thought which diverts from logic) · hu túlzás (thought which diverts from logic) · de Strecke (segment of a journey or route) · hu nyújtózkodás (act of stretching) · ko 기지개 (act of stretching) · bg разтегляне (act of stretching) · ru промежу́ток (segment of a journey or route) · hu szakasz (segment of a journey or route) · pl odcinek (segment of a journey or route) · fi kimmoisuus (ability to lengthen when pulled) · de Strecken (act of stretching) · pt alongamento (act of stretching) · pl elastyczność (ability to lengthen when pulled) · ga réimse (segment of a journey or route) · sv sträcka (segment of a journey or route) · uk еласти́чність (ability to lengthen when pulled) · hu útszakasz (segment of a journey or route) · tr esneklik (ability to lengthen when pulled) · de Elastizität (ability to lengthen when pulled) · bg разтегливост (ability to lengthen when pulled) · pl rozciągliwość (ability to lengthen when pulled) · de Langer (addressing for a tall person) · nl rek (ability to lengthen when pulled) · hu rész (segment of a journey or route) · hu erőltetett (thought which diverts from logic) · es estirón (act of stretching) · ca tram (segment of a journey or route) · ja ストレッチ (act of stretching) · mi tūtanga (segment of a journey or route) · de Übertreibung (act of stretching) · hu rugalmasság (ability to lengthen when pulled) · de Dehnung (ability to lengthen when pulled) · de Dehnen (act of stretching) · ro întindere (ability to lengthen when pulled) · nl rek (act of stretching) · pl rozciągalność (ability to lengthen when pulled) · ro întindere (act of stretching) · tr elastikiyet (ability to lengthen when pulled) · hu nyújtás (act of stretching) · hu kinyújtás (act of stretching) · de Dehnbarkeit (ability to lengthen when pulled) · fr étirement (act of stretching) · he הַגְזָמָה (thought which diverts from logic) · fi osuus (segment of a journey or route) · ru эласти́чность (ability to lengthen when pulled) · ko 스트레칭 (act of stretching) · de weit hergeholt (thought which diverts from logic) · es tramo (segment of a journey or route) · uk розтя́гування (act of stretching) · ru уча́сток (segment of a journey or route) · fi venyvyys (ability to lengthen when pulled) · el ψηλολέλεκας (addressing for a tall person) · pt elasticidade (ability to lengthen when pulled) · fi liioittelu (act of stretching) · pt trecho (segment of a journey or route) · bg разтягане (act of stretching)
stretch en · VERB
Pronunciation
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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(transitive) To lengthen by pulling.
I stretched the rubber band until it almost broke.
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(intransitive) To lengthen when pulled.
The inner membrane […] because it would stretch and yield, remained unbroken.
1659 December 30 (date written), Robert Boyle, New Experiments Physico-Mechanicall, Touching the Spring of the Air, and Its Effects […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] H[enry] Hall, printer to the University, for Tho[mas] Robinson, published 1660, →OCLC:The rubber band stretched almost to the breaking point.
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(transitive) To pull tight.
First, stretch the skin over the frame of the drum.
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(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.
I always stretch my muscles before exercising.
When the cat woke up, it yawned and stretched.
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(intransitive) To extend physically, especially from a limit point and/or to a limit point.
Three varieties of wild rice, O. rufipogon, O. officinalis and O. meyeriana, have been found in China, in a zone stretching from Hainan to Taiwan and from Northern Kwangsi to Ching-hung¹ on the Upper Mekong in Yunnan.
1984, Science and Civilization in China, volume 6, Cambridge University Press, published 2004, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 483:Behind them, stretching in a long line east and west, were the Roan and Book Cliffs, cut to their base by the river's gorge, and meandering away in long wavy lines distorted by heat haze and the smoke of forest fires.
1954, Wallace Stegner, Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West, Houghton Mifflin, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 75:Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path[…]. It twisted and turned,[…]and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights.
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:The beach stretches from Cresswell to Amble.
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(figuratively, transitive) To get more use than expected from a limited resource.
I managed to stretch my coffee supply a few more days.
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(figuratively, transitive) To make inaccurate by exaggeration.
To say he's been to this park a million times is stretching the numbers. The true number is around 30 or 40.
To say crossing the street was brave is stretching the meaning of "brave" considerably.
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(transitive) To make great demands on the capacity or resources of something.
Her bizarre explanation really stretches credulity.
By the fullest exploitation of modern signalling, multiple-unit operation and flying and burrowing junctions the S.R. has greatly increased the capacity of its tracks to carry this growing load of peak-hour passengers, but that capacity is now stretched to the limit.
1960 March, “Talking of Trains: The problem of the peak”, in Trains Illustrated, page 130:
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(transitive) To increase.
Yakubu took advantage of John Ruddy's error to put the visitors back in front, with Chris Samba's header stretching their advantage.
2011 October 29, Neil Johnston, “Norwich 3-3 Blackburn”, in BBC Sport:
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(intransitive) To increase, to grow.
As I sat in the waiting room, the minutes stretched into hours.
Unless we rekindle our communication skills, the 2020s "loneliness epidemic" could stretch into a "solitary century."
2025 December 9, Rachel Konrad and Matt Abrahams, “Why Young People Are Struggling to Communicate”, in TIME:
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To sail by the wind under press of canvas.
The ship stretched to the eastward.
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(transitive) To make a pulse or particle bunch longer by applying dispersion to it.
Diffraction gratings are by far the most common elements used to stretch and compress pulses because of their substantial angular dispersion, […]
2019, B. Webb et al., “Simulation of grating compressor misalignment tolerances and mitigation strategies for chirped-pulse–amplification systems of varying bandwidths and beam sizes”, in Applied Optics, volume 58, number 2, pages 234-243:
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(archaic, slang, transitive) To execute by hanging.
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(colloquial, intransitive, obsolete) To stretch the truth; to exaggerate.
a man apt to stretch in his report of facts
Forms
Antonyms
compress
Relateds
pandiculate
Synonyms
string up · ketch · stretch · hyperbolize · overemphasize · exaggerate · send to the scaffold · overdo · three-sheet · truss · scrag · overcharge · overstate · hyperbolize · cut it fat · stretch · truss · Guy Fawkes · play up · big up · tuck up · overstate · hang · forhang · overemphasize
Translations (261)
nci titītza (to lengthen by pulling) · bg увеличавам (to increase — see also increase) · ru растя́гивать (to lengthen by pulling) · tr sıkı çekmek (to pull tight) · hu feszít (to pull tight) · izh venuttaa (to lengthen by pulling) · da udstrække (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · bg преувеличавам (to be inaccurate by exaggeration) · de dehnen (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · tr uzanmak (to extend from limit to limit) · ba йәйелеү (to extend from limit to limit) · sv tänja (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · bg простирам се (to extend from limit to limit) · fr s'étendre (to extend from limit to limit) · da strække (to lengthen by pulling) · es estirarse (to lengthen when pulled) · de reichen (to extend from limit to limit) · km បន្លាយ (to lengthen by pulling) · pt espreguiçar-se (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · rm tender (to lengthen by pulling) · ba тарттырыу (to pull tight) · nl rekken (to be inaccurate by exaggeration) · fr s'étirer (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · nl strekken (to lengthen by pulling) · mi hītamo (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · uk розтяга́тися (to lengthen when pulled) · kmr vekêşin (to lengthen when pulled) · tr uzamak (to lengthen when pulled) · ca tibar (to pull tight) · nl aanspannen (to pull tight) · hu túlerőltet (to make great demands on the capacity or resources) · de überziehen (to pull tight) · ba һуҙыу (to pull tight) · sv tänja (to lengthen by pulling) · hu kifeszít (to pull tight) · cmn 伸展 (to lengthen when pulled) · fi venyttää (to lengthen by pulling) · ru растяну́ть (to get more than expected from a limited resource) · sa तनोति (to lengthen by pulling) · da stramme (to pull tight) · tr gerilmek (to lengthen when pulled) · da overdrive (to be inaccurate by exaggeration) · ru потя́гиваться (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · cmn 拉長 /拉长 (to lengthen when pulled) · gl estricar (to get more than expected from a limited resource) · da strække (to get more than expected from a limited resource) · ga sín (to lengthen by pulling) · pt esticar (to pull tight) · he נִמְתַּח (to lengthen when pulled) · hu nyúlik (to lengthen when pulled) · ota قاصمق (to lengthen by pulling) · hu próbára tesz (to make great demands on the capacity or resources) · ota كرمك (to pull tight) · su taak (to lengthen by pulling) · ru вытя́гивать (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · fr étendre (to lengthen by pulling) · hu beoszt (to get more than expected from a limited resource) · hu megnyújtózik (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · cmn 拉 (to lengthen when pulled) · hu túloz (to be inaccurate by exaggeration) · ru натя́гивать (to pull tight) · ba арттырыу (to be inaccurate by exaggeration) · nds-de strecken (to lengthen by pulling) · gl estirar (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · eo streĉi (to lengthen by pulling) · tr germek (to lengthen by pulling) · ru вы́тянуть (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · de strecken (to lengthen by pulling) · ru вытя́гивать (to lengthen by pulling) · pt esticar (to lengthen when pulled) · kmr vekêşin (to lengthen by pulling) · de strecken (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · uk витяга́ти (to lengthen by pulling) · ar تَمَدَّدَ (to lengthen by pulling) · ang þennan (to lengthen by pulling) · mi whakamikiki (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · uk ви́тягтися (to lengthen when pulled) · rup tindu (to lengthen by pulling) · bg разтеглям (to lengthen by pulling) · de strecken (to get more than expected from a limited resource) · eo streĉi (to get more than expected from a limited resource) · az çəkmək (to pull tight) · fi venytellä (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · de verlängern (to get more than expected from a limited resource) · la pandiculor (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · hu kinyújtózik (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · de spannen (to extend from limit to limit) · fi levittäytyä (to extend from limit to limit) · fr étirer (to lengthen by pulling) · su taak (to lengthen when pulled) · ca estirar (to lengthen by pulling) · km លាម (to lengthen by pulling) · mi tūwhiti (to pull tight) · gl estricar (to lengthen by pulling) · fi venyttää (to be inaccurate by exaggeration) · nl rekken (to lengthen when pulled) · grc τείνω (to lengthen by pulling) · bg обтягам (to pull tight) · fur tindi (to lengthen by pulling) · ota اسنمك (to lengthen when pulled) · tr yayılmak (to extend from limit to limit) · ty toro (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · qu chutay (to lengthen by pulling) · ru натяну́ть (to pull tight) · es dar (to lengthen when pulled) · hu megnyúlik (to lengthen when pulled) · pt alongar-se (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · gl estricar (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · ru протя́гивать (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · de ausleiern (to lengthen when pulled) · ga sín (to lengthen when pulled) · gl estirar (to lengthen by pulling) · dz ཧབ (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · ja 伸ばす (to lengthen by pulling) · de ziehen (to pull tight) · ru вы́тянуть (to lengthen by pulling) · ko 당기다 (to pull tight) · uk розтяга́ти (to lengthen by pulling) · de recken (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · ko 당기다 (to lengthen when pulled) · hu nyújt (to lengthen by pulling) · hu nyújtózik (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · mi whakamakaka (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · fur distirâ (to lengthen by pulling) · mnb wahi (to lengthen by pulling) · uk натягти́ (to pull tight) · mi hītamotamo (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · rm stender (to lengthen by pulling) · nl (zich uit)strekken (to extend from limit to limit) · nci tititza (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · mi toro (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · fur distindi (to lengthen by pulling) · fi ulottua (to extend from limit to limit) · hu nyúlik (to extend from limit to limit) · mi uatoko (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · gl espurrir (to lengthen by pulling) · bho तानल (to lengthen by pulling) · de beanspruchen (to get more than expected from a limited resource) · hu kinyúlik (to lengthen when pulled) · ru растя́гивать (to get more than expected from a limited resource) · sv töja (to lengthen by pulling) · ro întinde (to lengthen when pulled) · dz ཧབ (to lengthen when pulled) · ba яҙыу (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · fi lisätä (to increase — see also increase) · gd sìn (to lengthen by pulling) · sv töja (to lengthen when pulled) · cmn 拉長 /拉长 (to lengthen by pulling) · da strække (to lengthen when pulled) · te ఒళ్ళు విరుచుకొను (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · tr uzatmak (to lengthen by pulling) · fi kasvattaa (to increase — see also increase) · cs natáhnout (to lengthen by pulling) · ru преувели́чить (to be inaccurate by exaggeration) · mi hōkari (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · cmn 伸展 (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · fi venyttää (to get more than expected from a limited resource) · nl rekken (to get more than expected from a limited resource) · ja 伸びる (to lengthen when pulled) · de dehnen (to lengthen by pulling) · ba һуҙыу (to get more than expected from a limited resource) · cmn 伸展 (to pull tight) · el τείνω (to lengthen by pulling) · ru протяну́ть (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · mi whakamārō (to lengthen by pulling) · gl espurrir (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · ar مَدَّدَ (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · mi whakamākakakaka (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · gl estricar (to lengthen when pulled) · de straffen (to pull tight) · vi duỗi (to lengthen by pulling) · to tolo (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · nl rechttrekken (to pull tight) · de ausdehnen (to get more than expected from a limited resource) · ko 당기다 (to lengthen by pulling) · as মেলা (to lengthen by pulling) · sv sträcka (to lengthen by pulling) · cmn 拉長 /拉长 (to pull tight) · ru преувели́чивать (to be inaccurate by exaggeration) · de stretchen (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · uk ви́тягти (to lengthen by pulling) · fi venyä (to lengthen when pulled) · ro întinde (to lengthen by pulling) · nl reiken (to extend from limit to limit) · ru вы́тянуться (to lengthen when pulled) · la tendo (to lengthen by pulling) · ba һуҙылыу (to lengthen when pulled) · uk розтягти́ся (to lengthen when pulled) · bg разтеглям се (to lengthen when pulled) · ko 뻗다 (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · bg протягам се (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · de sich dehnen (to lengthen when pulled) · eu luzatu (to lengthen by pulling) · hu eltúloz (to be inaccurate by exaggeration) · nl strekken (to pull tight) · hu túlfeszít (to make great demands on the capacity or resources) · ar اِمْتَدَّ (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · de sich strecken (to lengthen when pulled) · ca estricar (to lengthen when pulled) · sm tolo (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · ota قاصمق (to pull tight) · cmn 拉 (to lengthen by pulling) · izh vennua (to lengthen when pulled) · uk витяга́тися (to lengthen when pulled) · ba һуҙыу (to lengthen by pulling) · rar toro (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · ru простира́ться (to extend from limit to limit) · bg разтягам се (to lengthen when pulled) · fi pingottaa (to pull tight) · cy ymestyn (to lengthen when pulled) · te సాగు (to lengthen when pulled) · cy ymestyn (to lengthen by pulling) · de erweitern (to be inaccurate by exaggeration) · he מָתַח (to lengthen by pulling) · gur tẽegɛ (to lengthen by pulling) · uk натягат́и (to pull tight) · yue 伸展 (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · ru растяну́ться (to lengthen when pulled) · ru вытя́гиваться (to lengthen when pulled) · hil maghiod (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · hu kinyújt (to lengthen by pulling) · sv spänna (to pull tight) · gl espreguizar (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · pt esticar (to lengthen by pulling) · uk розтягти́ (to lengthen by pulling) · ba һуҙылыу (to extend from limit to limit) · mi taiaroa (pandiculate) (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · mi whakamārō (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · es estirar (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · ru растяну́ть (to lengthen by pulling) · fi venyttää (to pull tight) · qu mast'ay (to lengthen by pulling) · tr çekmek (to lengthen by pulling) · oc estirar (to lengthen by pulling) · nl zichrekken (uit) (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · de ausnutzen (to get more than expected from a limited resource) · da spænde (to pull tight) · bg разтягам (to lengthen by pulling) · gl estarricar (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · ko 늘이다 (to lengthen by pulling) · ota كرمك (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · te సాగదీయు (to lengthen by pulling) · la extendo (to lengthen by pulling) · ba кирелеү (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · ang þennan (to pull tight) · cmn 伸展 (to lengthen by pulling) · sv stretcha (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · de überziehen (to be inaccurate by exaggeration) · rm extender (to lengthen by pulling) · es estirar (to lengthen by pulling) · ru растя́гиваться (to lengthen when pulled) · fi venyttää (to make great demands on the capacity or resources) · nci catzana (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · it tendere (to lengthen by pulling) · cmn 拉 (to pull tight) · km ហូត (to lengthen by pulling) · de langziehen (to lengthen by pulling) · ota كرمك (to lengthen by pulling) · ru потяну́ться (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · tr gerinmek (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles) · mi whakarourou (to extend from limit to limit)