stretching
English
/ˈstɹɛtʃɪŋ/
noun
Definitions
- 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.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English strecching affix from English stretch.
Origin
English
stretch
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- astretch English
- backstretch English
- electrostretch English
- forestretch English
- frontstretch English
- homestretch English
- hyperstretch English
- mechanostretch English
- microstretch English
- midstretch English
- nonstretch English
- outstretch English
- overstretch English
- prestretch English
- restretch English
- stretch English
- stretch limousine English
- stretchability English
- stretchable English
- stretcher English
- stretchest English
- stretcheth English
- stretchless English
- stretchy English
- unstretch English
- stretching Italian
- strecchen Middle English
- strecching Middle English
- strečink Czech
- streĉi Esperanto