stretching
/ˈstɹɛt͡ʃɪŋ/noun2 syllables
Stretching means: exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent.
Synonyms for stretching1
noun, as in exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
What does stretching mean?2
noun
1
exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
2
act of expanding by lengthening or widening
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with stretching?3
two syllables
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Stretching in a sentence
- Stretching out their arms to embrace each other, they grasped only the air!Hybrid
- The queue was huge, stretching all the way round the block.sundown
- Under pressure, those aneurysms can expand like balloons, stretching the arterial wall.Cangarejo
- Your stretching exercises eliminated my back pain and toned my entire body.carlosalberto
- I wouldn't mind stretching my legs a little.CK
- I was worried about stretching ourselves too thin financially.Hybrid
- Stretching out the rubber band will elongate it considerably.DuosDragonPolyglot
- I was just stretching my calves on the windowsill.espamatics
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Forms of stretching
as a noun
- plural
- stretchings