stretching

SubstantivAdjektivVerbin Dialogen belegt

//ˈstɹɛt͡ʃɪŋ//

The act by which something is stretched.

Substantiv

1
The act by which something is stretched.
[Skins] must be submitted to several washings, treadings, and stretchings, before they acquire the necessary pliancy.
2
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.

Herkunft

From Middle English strecching, strecchinge, equivalent to stretch + -ing.

Adjektiv

1
Requiring a high level of effort or performance.

Herkunft

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

Verb

1
Auch eine Form von stretchpresent participle and gerund of stretch

Formen

Plural: stretchings
Komparativ: more stretching
Superlativ: most stretching

stretch · To lengthen by pulling.Stretch · A surname.stretcher · Someone or something that stretches.

stretching · The act by which something is stretched.

stricken · Struck by something.strict · Strained; drawn close; tight.strictly · In a strict manner.

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