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STRETCHING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Act of expanding by lengthening or widening
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("stretching" is a kind of...):
enlargement; expansion (the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stretching"):
tension (the action of stretching something tight)
extension (act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb)
Derivation:
stretch (make long or longer by pulling and stretching)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
Synonyms:
stretch; stretching
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("stretching" is a kind of...):
exercise; exercising; physical exercise; physical exertion; workout (the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stretching"):
pandiculation (yawning and stretching (as when first waking up))
Derivation:
stretch (extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb stretch
Context examples:
"I'll go you," Martin announced, stretching out his hand, which the other shook.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
We had scarcely filled away, it seemed, when the fog thinned abruptly and we were again in the sunshine, the wide-stretching sea breaking before us to the sky-line.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The researchers believe the strong gravitational stretching that occurs in these scenarios could explain ‘Oumuamua’s long, thin cigar-like shape.
(New Study Shows What Interstellar Visitor ‘Oumuamua Can Teach Us, NASA)
At the nearest point it is about seven miles from our present camp, and it curves away, stretching as far as I can see.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Moodily and in silence the little party rode along the narrow and irregular track, their hearts weighed down by this far-stretching land of despair.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A condition of decreased tone of the skeletal muscles and diminished resistance to passive stretching.
(Hypotonia, NCI Thesaurus)
Stretching or gently massaging the muscle can relieve this pain.
(Muscle Cramps, NIH)
A condition of increased muscle tone manifested by increased resistance of the muscle to passive stretching.
(Hypertonia, NCI Thesaurus)
A thin layer of fibrous tissue capable of stretching and contracting.
(External Elastic Membrane, NCI Thesaurus)
The New Horizons team has discovered a chain of exotic snowcapped mountains stretching across the dark expanse on Pluto informally named Cthulhu Regio.
(Methane Snow on Pluto’s Peaks, NASA)
