stretching : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: stretching	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for stretching
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stretching n act of expanding by lengthening or widening exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent Synonym(s): stretch, stretching
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stretch \Stretch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stretched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stretching}.] [OE. strecchen, AS. streccan; akin to D. strekken, G. strecken, OHG. strecchen, Sw. str[84]cka, Dan. str[91]kke; cf. AS. str[91]ck, strec, strong, violent, G. strack straight; of uncertain origin, perhaps akin to E. strong. Cf. {Straight}.] 1. To reach out; to extend; to put forth. And stretch forth his neck long and small. --Chaucer. I in conquest stretched mine arm. --Shak. 2. To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope. 3. To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings. 4. To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly. The ox hath therefore stretched his yoke in vain. --Shak. 5. To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle. Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve. --Doddridge. 6. To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one's credit. They take up, one day, the most violent and stretched prerogative. --Burke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stretching \Stretch"ing\, a. & n. from {Stretch}, v. {Stretching course} (Masonry), a course or series of stretchers. See {Stretcher}, 2. --Britton.