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Vinony

stretching

noun

  1. form of physical exercise where a muscle is stretched to improve it
  2. act/process of extending, lengthening
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɛt͡ʃɪŋ/

adj

Etymology: From Middle English strecchinge, strecchynge, from Old English streċċende, from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjandī, present participle of *strakkjan (“to stretch”), equivalent to stretch + -ing.

  1. Requiring a high level of effort or performance.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English strecching, strecchinge, equivalent to stretch + -ing.

  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.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English strecchinge, strecchynge, from Old English streċċende, from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjandī, present participle of *strakkjan (“to stretch”), equivalent to stretch + -ing.

  1. present participle and gerund of stretch