stretching
nomadjectifverbeattesté dans les dialogues
- //ˈstɹɛt͡ʃɪŋ//
The act by which something is stretched.
nom
- 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.
Étymologie
From Middle English strecching, strecchinge, equivalent to stretch + -ing.
adjectif
- 1
Requiring a high level of effort or performance.
Étymologie
From Middle English strecchinge, strecchynge, from Old English streċċende, from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjandī, present participle of *strakkjan (“to stretch”), equivalent to stretch + -ing.
verbe
- 1
Aussi une forme de stretchpresent participle and gerund of stretch
Formes
- pluriel
- stretchings
- comparatif
- more stretching
- superlatif
- most stretching
stretching · The act by which something is stretched.
stricken · Struck by something.strict · Strained; drawn close; tight.strictly · In a strict manner.