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stretching

stretc·hing

UK/ˈstɹɛt͡ʃɪŋ/ US/ˈstrɛtʃɪŋ/ fairly common
noun (2) adjective (1)

noun

1.
2.

exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent

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adjective

1.

extending far

  • “beyond the misty gray of the rain he saw the stretching hutment”
  • “wide-spreading plains”
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Origin

From Middle English strecchinge, strecchynge, from Old English streċċende, from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjandī, present participle of *strakkjan (“to stretch”), equivalent to stretch + -ing.

Phrases

  • key stretching
  • stretching course
  • stretching frame
  • stretching the long bow
  • time stretching

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