stretching
伸展,伸展性,拉伸,延伸
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Definitions
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- : to draw out or extend to the full length or extent: to stretch oneself out on the ground.
- : to hold out, reach forth, or extend.
- : to extend, spread, or place so as to reach from one point or place to another: to stretch a rope across a road.
- : to draw tight or taut: to stretch the strings of a violin.
- : to lengthen, widen, distend, or enlarge by tension: to stretch a rubber band.
- : to draw out, extend, or enlarge unduly: The jacket was stretched at the elbows.
- : to extend, force, or make serve beyond the normal or proper limits; strain: to stretch the imagination; to stretch the facts; to stretch food to feed extra guests; to stretch money to keep within a budget.
- : to extend or strain to the utmost, as by intense exertion; tax.
- : to increase the quantity of by dilution or admixing: They caught the bartender stretching the gin with water.
- : Radio and Television. to prolong or slow down in order not to end too early: to stretch a show; to stretch the action two minutes.
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- : to recline at full length: to stretch out on a couch.
- : to extend the hand or to reach, as for something.
- : to extend over a distance or area or in a particular direction: The forest stretches for miles.
- : to extend in time: His memory stretches back to his early childhood.
- : to stretch oneself by extending the limbs and lengthening the muscles to the utmost: to stretch and yawn.
- : to become stretched, or admit of being stretched, to greater length, width, etc., as any elastic or ductile material.
- : Radio and Television. to reduce the pace or slow down the action of a radio or television program.
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- : an act or instance of stretching.
- : the state of being stretched.
- : a continuous length, distance, tract, or expanse: a stretch of meadow.
- : Horse Racing. the backstretch or homestretch of a racetrack.
- : Baseball. a short windup, usually used to keep base runners from taking too long a lead, in which the pitcher starts the pitching motion with hands together at the waist, raises them to or above the head, brings them back to the waist, and, after a momentary pause, delivers the ball.
- : an extent in time; duration: for a stretch of ten years.
- : elasticity or capacity for extension.
- : Slang. a term of imprisonment: He's doing a stretch in the pen.
- : the act or fact of stretching or extending something beyond reasonable or proper limits: You wouldn't call her a genius by any stretch of the imagination. It's quite a stretch for me to believe his story.
- : a nickname for a tall, lanky person.
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- : made of synthetic or composite yarn having a sufficiently low denier or having been subjected to any of several special mechanical treatments to permit increased elasticity: stretch girdle; stretch pants.
- : modified or twisted so as to afford high elasticity.
- : Also stretched. of or relating to a conveyance, as a limousine or airliner, whose seating area is expanded to carry more passengers or afford greater legroom and to allow space for other comforts and amenities.
Phrases
- stretch a point
- stretch one's legs
- at a stretch
- by any stretch
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Graham is being far outspent by Harrison, who has raised a stunning $29 million and has about $10 million for the final stretch.
Now, the season starts around May and routinely extends to November—sometimes even stretching to December.
If it’s fairly straight, hamstring stretches are going to give you the best benefit.
Democratic leaders stand by that proposal to bring back the weekly $600 enhanced unemployment benefit—which stretched from late March to late July.
Some of the Nats’ stretch-run problems aren’t fixable, either.
The plan is to stretch it out as long as possible, then probably forget about it, and then suddenly remember it.
“You need to stretch kids slightly outside their comfort zones, but never have surprises,” she said.
They started with Not Fade Away and went from one song to another over a 14 minute stretch.
The farmers in the area told Ledu that what normally fed them for one year would barely stretch for the next few months.
In the final stretch of the campaign, Gotauco, the Healey volunteer, recorded a song she titled "Integrity in A-Minor."
I could see only the stretch of green before me, and I felt as if I must walk on forever, without coming to the end of it.
A long stretch of smooth ice followed, over which he glided with ever-increasing speed.
The hut was barely high enough to let him sit up, and long enough to let him lie down—not to stretch out.
He had perhaps placed in her hand the weapon that should hasten his own defeat, stretch him bleeding on the sand.
Twenty minutes jogging brought us into a stretch of rough country, a series of knobs and ridges cut by innumerable coulées.