stretching
[] 伸展, 锻伸



stretching
[ noun ]

1. act of expanding by lengthening or widening

<noun.act>

2. exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent

<noun.act>

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["a]cka, Dan.
str[ae]kke; cf. AS. str[ae]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.


Stretching \Stretch"ing\,
a. & n. from {Stretch}, v.

{Stretching course} (Masonry), a course or series of
stretchers. See {Stretcher}, 2. --Britton.