stretching

Plural: stretchings

Noun

• act of expanding by lengthening or widening
• exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
• The act by which something is stretched.
• A form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle (or muscle group) is deliberately elongated to its fullest length in order to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle tone.

Verb

• occupy a large, elongated area
• extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body
• extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
• become longer by being stretched and pulled
• make long or longer by pulling and stretching
• lie down comfortably
• pull in opposite directions
• extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly
• corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
• increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance
• extend one's body or limbs
• present participle and gerund of stretch

Adj

• Requiring a high level of effort or performance.

Synonyms

adulterate, debase, dilute, elongate, extend, load, stretch, stretch along, stretch out, unfold

Antonyms

shrink

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