Stretch

Definition: Stretch

Stretch

Adjective

1. Having an elongated seating area; "a stretch limousine".

2. Easily stretched; "stretch hosiery".

Noun

1. A large and unbroken expanse or distance; "a stretch of highway"; "a stretch of clear water".

2. The act of physically reaching or thrusting out.

3. (racing) a straightaway section of a racetrack.

4. Exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent.

5. Extension to or beyond the ordinary limit; "running at full stretch"; "by no stretch of the imagination"; "beyond any stretch of his understanding".

6. An unbroken period of time during which you do something; "there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary".

7. The capacity for being stretched.

Verb

1. Occupy a large, elongated area; "The park stretched beneath the train line".

2. Extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body; "Stretch your legs!" "Extend your right arm above your head".

3. Extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna".

4. Become longer by being stretched and pulled; "The fabric stretches".

5. Make long or longer by pulling and stretching; "stretch the fabric".

6. Lie down comfortably; "To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass".

7. Pull in opposite directions; "During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack".

8. Extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly: "Stretch the limits"; "stretch my patience"; "stretch the imagination".

9. Corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor".

10. : increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance; "stretch the soup by adding some more cream"; "extend the casserole with a little rice".

11. : extend one's body or limbs; "Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "stretch" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Stretch \Stretch\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Stretched; Stretching.]. (references)

Computing

Industry

Mining

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

STRETCH

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Stretch

Exaggeration

Verb: exaggerate, magnify, pile up, aggravate; amplify; (expand); overestimate; hyperbolize; overcharge, overstate, overdraw, overlay, overshoot the mark, overpraise; make over much, over the most of; strain, strain over a point; stretch, stretch a point; go great lengths; spin a long yarn; draw with a longbow, shoot with a longbow; deal in the marvelous.

Noun: exaggeration; expansion; hyperbole, stretch, strain, coloring; high coloring, caricature, caricatura; extravagance; (nonsense); Baron Munchausen; men in buckram, yarn, fringe, embroidery, traveler's tale; fish story, gooseberry

Exertion

Noun: exertion, effort, strain, tug, pull, stress, throw, stretch, struggle, spell, spurt, spirt; stroke of work,Noun: exertion, effort, strain, tug, pull, stress, throw, stretch, struggle, spell, spurt, spirt; stroke of work, stitch of work.

Expansion

Verb: become larger; (large; ); expand, widen, enlarge, extend, grow, increase, incrassate, swell, gather; fill out; deploy, take open order, dilate, stretch, distend, spread; mantle, wax; grow up, spring up; bud, bourgeon, shoot, sprout, germinate, put forth, vegetate, pullulate, open, burst forth; gain flesh, gather flesh; outgrow; spread like wildfire, overrun.

Length

Render long; Adjective: lengthen, extend, elongate; stretch; prolong, produce, protract; let out, draw out, spin out; drawl.

Space

Noun: space, extension, extent, superficial extent, expanse, stretch, hyperspace; room, scope, range, field, way, expansion, compass, sweep, swing, spread.

Undueness

Usurpation, tort, violation, breach, encroachment, presumption, assumption, seizure; stretch, exaction, imposition, lion's share.

Crosswords: Stretch

See you stretch the rules and you end up dead, I'll see you in the kitchen with a knife (Scream; writing credit: Kevin Williamson)

And stretch! And strain (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Elihu, will you come loofah my stretch marks (Caddyshack; writing credit: Brian Doyle-Murray; Harold Ramis)

There was 'Fat Tony', 'Danny the Weasel' and 'Billy Stretch and Tastes Bad' (Everybody Loves Raymond; writing credit: Joe Bolster)

A nice long stretch behind bars (All My Children; writing credit: John L. Goldwater)

Stretch out your arms (That's What I'm Looking For; performing artist: Da Brat)

And yawn and stretch and try to come to life ("9 to 5"; performing artist: Dolly Parton)

And if it snows that that stretch down south won't ever stand the strain (Wichita Lineman; performing artist: Glen Campbell; writing credit: Jimmy Webb)

Different stretch of road, new somethin to see (Po' Folks; performing artist: Nappy Roots)

Now the miles stretch out behind me loves that I have lost (The Search is Over; performing artist: Survivor)

Strict strong stringy Stephen Stretch slickly snared six sickly silky snakes. (references; author: unknown)

Two Way Stretch (1960)

Down the Stretch (1936)

The Home Stretch (1921)

In the Stretch (1913)

Total Stretch! With Lawrence Leritz (1992)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Be All You Can Be: A Challenge to Stretch Your God-Given Potential (reference)

• Sport Stretch (reference)

• Stretch and Strengthen (reference)

• The Stretch and Yoga Two-Deck Set: The Yoga Deck, The Stretch Deck: 50 Stretches (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Tamilee Webb's Total Stretch for Beginners (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Long Stretch of Lonesome (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Stretch Panic (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Carter's Cotton Diamond Pointelle Stretch - Just One Year Collection - Pink - Small (reference)

• Hoover 40200024 WindTunnel 20-Foot Deluxe Stretch Hose (reference)

• Carter's Cotton Interlock Stretch - Just One Year Collection - Pink - Medium (reference)

• Carter's Interlock Stretch - Just One Year Collection - Blue - Small (reference)

• Carter's Velour Stretch - Just One Year Collection - Blue - Medium (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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"Ellipsoid Stretch" (movie) by Joe Seale. Click on Edit inside DPGraph for more info.

"Six Spheres Stretch" (movie) by Joe Seale. Use DPGraph's Scrollbar to vary A or B. Click on Edit inside DPGraph for more info.

Canoers and kayakers enjoying an idyllic early fall afternoon on a quiet tree-lined stretch of the upper Patuxent River. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Live oaks stretch outward and upward. View from Cabretta campground. Credit: America's Coastlines.

In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. The harbor at Capetown and a stretch of the South African Coast. Plate 42. Library Call Number C/La S755. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Salmon jumping up a waterfall below the old Selzer Dam. Removal of the dam added 10 miles of spawning habitat to the 15 mile stretch of Clear Creek. Credit: Gary Kramer.

As the sun peeks over the mountains, shadows stretch across forest land in the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument. Credit: Lynn Chamberlain.

Steens Mountain back country byway, the Rooster Comb stretch, in the Steens Mountain Area of Southeastern Oregon. Credit: Mark Armstrong.

Dey retch an' stretch todes one nuther. Credit: Library of Congress.

In the home stretch. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And somewhere on this good boffo stretch of coastline lay the house of this inconsolable man, a man whom many regarded as being insane

He felt that the police was somewhere near by in ambush, awaiting the signal agreed upon, and all ready to stretch out its arm.

Yet at the end of that immense stretch of time not even one instant of eternity could be said to have ended

Pushing hind legs strained and slipped, boosting the shell along, and the horny head protruded as far as the neck could stretch.

I trust that none will stretch the seams in putting on the coat, for it may do good service to him whom it fits

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

They stretch and contract with each breath. (references)

Muscle fibers stretch, and the heart loses strength. (references)

These burns stretch the drainage holes in the meshwork. (references)

Business

Along the stretch of the main shopping area of Orchard Road, at high-traffic pedestrian crossings, outdoor digital screens that flash advertisements are strategically placed. (references)

Papery fabric, metallic fabrics, coated fabrics, waxed fabrics, crushed and heat mercerized fabrics; stretch knits; stretch and coated denim; threads trapped between double layers of fabric; cotton voiles; dry open weaves; machine-made fabrics which emulate antique garments. (references)

There are at least eight department stores along the two-mile stretch of Orchard Road. Retail stores on Orchard Road stock merchandise for tourists and local consumers while those in the suburbs cater to the Singaporeans living in the neighboring government subsidized housing estates. (references)

Economic History

Equatorial Guinea

The Rio Benito (Mbini) which it divides Rio Muni in half, is unnavigable except for a 20-kilometer stretch at its estuary. (references)

Kazakhstan

A U.S. company, which has had success in accessing the ADB financing, currently has a contract for one 192 kilometer stretch of the Almaty-Astana highway. (references)

Norway

Broadband wireless communication is also a promising growth area, especially as oil and gas activities stretch northward on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. (references)

Trade

Guatemala

Under its Financial Modernization Program (FMP) with the Inter-American Development Bank, the government is attempting to make credit more widely available, stretch out the term of most lending, and make interest rates more competitive. (references)

Travel

Croatia

As is true in other European countries, summer holidays stretch throughout July and August and it is frequently difficult to reach company management during this period. (references)

Senegal

In Dakar, there has been a relatively high incidence of purse snatching and muggings in a popular restaurant area known locally as "La Petite Corniche," which is located along a three kilometer stretch of coastal road in the southeastern part of the city. (references)

Worker Rights

Burma

For example, according to SHRF, since July 50 to 60 persons in Nam-Zarng township have been forced by SPDC troops to dig approximately one mile long irrigation ditch through a stretch of rice fields of the local farmers. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "stretch": at a stretch ♦ by every stretch of the imagination ♦ degradation stretch ♦ give oneself a stretch ♦ have a stretch ♦ Home stretch ♦ line stretch ♦ on the stretch ♦ Pulmonary Stretch Receptors ♦ straight stretch ♦ stretch a legs ♦ stretch a long arm ♦ stretch a point ♦ stretch a rope between two trees ♦ stretch against ♦ stretch along ♦ stretch away to ♦ stretch forth ♦ stretch forth one's hand ♦ stretch forward ♦ stretch mark ♦ stretch of coast ♦ stretch of stream ♦ stretch of the imagination ♦ stretch of water ♦ stretch on the bed of Procrustes ♦ stretch one's legs ♦ stretch oneself ♦ stretch oneself out ♦ stretch out ♦ stretch out one's arms ♦ stretch out one's hand ♦ stretch out to reach smth. ♦ stretch over ♦ stretch pants ♦ stretch receptor ♦ stretch reflex ♦ stretch smb. on the ground ♦ stretch smb.'s legs ♦ stretch supplies ♦ stretch the truth ♦ stretch tight ♦ stretch up ♦ stretch your legs! ♦ To be on the stretch ♦ upon the stretch. Additional references.

Beginning with "stretch": stretch-and-bend, stretch-lace, stretch-limo, stretch-limos, stretch-limousine, stretch-limousines, stretch-mark, stretch-marks, stretch-nylon, stretch-pull, stretch-receptors, stretch-satin, stretch-steel, stretch-steps, stretch-towelling, stretch-version.

Ending with "stretch": over-stretch, time-stretch.

Albanian

shtrij (drape, elongate, expand, hold out, push, reach, recline, roll, spread, spread on, unfold), shtriqem (curl up, nestle), shtrirje (compass, dimension, elongation, expansion, extension, extent, lie, make believe, prolongation, proportions, rame, ramification, range, reach, scope, spread, spreading, swing), tejkaloj (break, exceed, excel in capability, go beyond, outbalance, outbid, outdistance, outdo, outmatch, outnumber, outrival, outrun, outsail, out-top, overfulfil, overpass, overrun, surpass), forcoj (back, bake, brace and bit, cement, consolidate, cultivate, harden, increase the strength, invigorate, potentiate, redouble, reinforce, strengthen, tighten, toughen), hap (anatomize, cave, detect, dig, disclose, display, dissect, distribute, drive, expand, footstep, inaugurate, move, open, open up, pace, peg, pitch, remove, roll out, spread, start, step, strew, turn down, turn on, unblock, unbolt, unbosom, uncap, unclasp, unclench, unclose, uncork, uncover, undo, undraw, unfurl, unhook, unlatch, unlock, unreel, unseal, unshutter, unwrap, walk), hapje (aperture, disclosure, dissection, inauguration, open, opening, orifice, rift, span, spreading, tablet, tabloid, troche, vent, venthole), periudhë (bout, chapter, date, day, epoch, hitch, hour, inning, innings, period, phase, run, season, span, stage, streak, term, tide, time, tour, vintage), ekzagjeroj (exaggerate), tërheqje (affinity, allurement, appeal, appetence, appetency, attraction, attractiveness, crush, draw, drawing, enchantment, enticement, haul, jerk, lure, magnetization, pull, pullback, recall, recession, recoil, retirement, retraction, retreat, revocation, strain, tow, traction, tug, withdrawal), zmadhoj (aggrandize, amplify, augment, enhance, enlarge, exaggerate, extend, heighten, increase, magnify, overcharge, overcolor, overcolour, overdo, overdraw, overstate, redouble, salt), tendos (draw, exert, strain, subtend, tauten, tense, tighten, wrack), tendosje (effort, exertion, strain, straining, stretching, tension), tension (intension, output, pressure, straining, stress, tension, voltage), tensionoj (distress, strain, stress), zgjas (carry over, delay, drag out, draw out, elongate, extend, lengthen, let down, postpone, project, prolong, protract, spin out, spread), zgjat (delay, elongate, extend, hold out, last, lengthen, let down, linger, postpone, prolong, protract, reach, reach out, spread, telescope), zgjatje (duration, elongation, extending, extension, lasting, persistence, persistency, prolongation, protraction, protrusion, reach, spreading, swing, tension), tërheq (allure, appeal, arrest, attract, bewitch, call attention to, capture, catch, charm, daggle, dangle, decoy, drag, draggle, draw, draw out, engage, entice, fetch, fix, haul, heave, invite, jerk, lure, pluck, prepossess, pull, pull out, recall, retract, revoke, take back, tow, tug, web, withdraw). (various references)

Arabic 

‏تمطط, ‏بذل جهدا قويا, ‏بسط (couch, distend, expand, expound, extend, extension, facilitate, fine, lay, reach, simplify, spread, state, unroll, unwind, unwrap, vulgarize), ‏إتساع (ampleness, boom, breadth, enlargement, expansion, fullness, fulness, generosity, immenseness, immensity, liberality, propagation, reach, roominess, size, span), ‏إمتد (be extended, be prolonged, continue, elongate, expand, extend, lengthen, pervade, range, reach, sprawl, spread), ‏إمتداد (expansion, extension, extent, length, lengthiness, propagation, protraction, reach, span, spread, sweep), ‏عمل بالطاقة القصوى, ‏بذل جهدا (exert oneself, go flat out, heave, take trouble), ‏تمدد (dilate, dilation, elongation, expansion, lie, recline, sprawl, spread, stretching), ‏مسافة (distance, interval, milage, mileage, range, space), ‏قابل للبسط (tensile), ‏نزهة على القدمين, ‏مد (add to, dilate, distend, draw out, elongate, equip with, expand, extend, extension, furnish, help, lengthen, lengthening, outspread, outstretch, prolong, prolongate, prolongation, protract, protraction, provide, respite, spread, supply with), ‏مدى (ambit, amplitude, carry, extent, gage, gauge, incidence, latitude, length, ocean, range, reach, scope, space, sweep), ‏مجال (area, domain, field, province, purview, range, reach, room, scope, space), ‏مط (drag, drawing out, extend), ‏توسع في تفسير شئ ما. (various references)

Bulgarian 

протягане (extension, protraction, reach), напрягане (exertion, push), напрегнатост (intension, intensity, strenuousness, suspense, tension, tensity, tightness), напрежение (effort, electricity, exertion, intension, intensity, press, pressure, push, strain, stress, suspense, tension, tensity), заобикалям (beat, begird, beset, bridge, bypass, circumambulate, circumnavigate, circumvent, compass, double, elude, encircle, environ, evade, get round, gird, girdle, leapfrog, make a detour, pass round, round, short circuit, sidestep, skirt, surround, work round), еластичност (bounce, contractility, deflection, deflexion, ductility, elasticity, give, pliability, resilience, resiliency, spring, springiness, tension), еластичен (distensible, ductile, elastic, pliable, resilient, rubbery, spongy, springy, stretchy, supple), повърхност (fringe, sheet, side, superficies, surface, top), просвам (spread eagle), обтягам се, протягам (extend, protract, shoot out, spread, stick out, thrust out), протежение (expanse, extent, length, reach, run, spread, sweep), промеждутък от време (interim, lapse), продължавам (carry on, continue, extend, go ahead, go on, keep, keep on, last, lengthen, proceed, produce, prolong, prosecute, protract, push on, reach, resume, spread), пресилвам (force, overstate, overstrain, overtax, overtrain, rack, strain, supercharge), превишавам (exceed, go beyond, outmatch, overpoise, overtop), постилам (lay, spread), пространство (amplitude, area, expansion, extent, ground, reach, sheet, space), разтег, удължаване (elongation, extension, protraction), удължавам (elongate, extend, lengthen, prolong, protract), свалям (bring down, cast off, doff, douse, down, drop, drop off, get down, get off, land, lay, let off, overthrow, prang, prostrate, pull down, pull off, put down, put off, reach down, remove, ring down, rip down, rush, set down, shuck off, shuffle off, take down, take off, tear away, tear down, tear off, throw off, turn down, unbelt, uncap, unhorse, unship, vail), разходка за раздвижване, разтягане (expansion, extension, strain, straining, stretching, tension), разтягам (expand, rack, strain), разтеглям се (distend, pull), опъвам (bend, draw, pull, set up, strain, string up, tauten, tighten), разтеглив (expansible, expansive, liquid, stretchy, tensile), обтягам (draw out, extend, strain), разширявам (add, amplify, broach, broaden, dilate, distend, drift, enlarge, expand, full, push, widen), разпъвам (pitch, rack), разпереност, трая (continue, endure, extend, hold, keep, last, save), галс (reach), валцуване (flatting, milling), срок на тъмничен затвор, разтеглям (pull). (various references)

Chinese 

舒展 (stretched, stretching), 楦 (block), 張開 , 弸 (full). (various references)

Czech

natáhnout (extend, soak, straighten, strain, wind). (various references)

Danish

straekbarhed (extensibility), strækning (distraction, elongation, extension, to forge out), strække (stenter, tenter), udspænde, forstrækningsuskarphed, bredholde. (various references)

Dutch

strek (drag, Dutch arch, flat arch, jack arch, panel brick, straight arch, stretcher, stretcher brick), rekbaarheid (ductility, extensibility). (various references)

Farsi 

قطعه(زمین), بسطدادن (Develop, Enlarge, Expand, Heighten, Product), دوره (Age, Career, Circuit, Epoch, Era, Periphery, Set, Space, Stadium, Term), ارتجاع (Restitution), اتساع , امتداددادن (Prolong, Protract), گشادشدن , منبسطکردن (Expand, Explode, Extend, Rarefy), کش دادن (Protract, Strain), کش اوردن , کش امدن , کوشش (Assay, Attempt, Bustle, Effort, Endeavor, Fist, Labor, Muss, Scramble, Strain, Trial, Try, Tug), مدت (Duration, Interval, Length, Life, Outage, Patch, Period, Term, Time, Tract, Usance), خطممتد. (various references)

Finnish

venyttää (draw out, expand, protract), venytellä (draw out, expand, protract), venyä (be elastic, become protracted, stretch out), ulottua (cover, extend, range, reach), ulottaa (extend), taipale (distance, way), pingottaa (strain, tighten), kurkottaa (crane, reach out), jännittää (strain, strech, tighten, wind up). (various references)

French

élasticité. (various references)

German

strecken (crane, dilute, drag out, eke out, elongate, extend, hammer out, make go further, pad out, put back, raise, routes, spin out, straighten, strech out, thin down, to stretch, unbend), spannen (be taut, be tight, catch on to, clamp, draw, flex, get wise to, harness, strech, tauten, tense, tension, tighten, to stretch, wind up), recken (elongate, to elongate), dehnbarkeit (distensibility, ductility, elasticity, extensibility, flexibility, malleableness, stretchiness, tensibility). (various references)

Greek 

εκτείνομαι (extend, outspread, range, reach), τέντωμα (distention, reach, strain, stretching), τεντώνω (crane, distend, sprawl, strain, tense), τεντώνομαι (draw up, sprawl). (various references)

Hebrew 

למשוך (attract, drag, draw, extend, pull, strain, tempt, tow), גמישות (ductility, elasticity, flexibility, malleability, plasticity, pliability, pliancy, spring), התמתחות (extensibility), לנטות (deviate, dispose, extend, fancy, incline, lean, tend, tip, trend, turn aside), לרקוע (hammer out, stamp, stomp, tread on), להשתרע (extend, sprawl, spread), להתמתח, רצף (continuity, sequence, succession), לשרבב (prolong, transpose), מתיחות (elasticity, strain, stress, tenseness, tension, tightness), למתח (strain), למתוח (kid, pull, spoof, sprain, strain, tauten), משטח (extent, flat, layer, plane, surface), משך (continuity, drawing, duration, length, prolongation, run, span, term), משך הזמן (duration, span, standing), מתיחה (extending, stretching, tension), לפשק (divaricate, open wide, straddle). (various references)

Hungarian

kiterjesztés (escalation, expansion, extension, spread, stretching), kinyújtás (draw, drawing out, elongation, extension, pulling out, spreading, stretching). (various references)

Indonesian

membuntangkan (pull up, strain), membujur (lie alongside, oval, sweep), bidasan (reaction, spring movement), bidang (area, broad, plane, scope, sector), bidanan (sector). (various references)

Italian

stendere (distend, draft, draught, draw up, elongate, expand, extend, lay, lay out, reach, spread). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

拡がり (expanse, extent, spread), 張り (attached or stretched on, in the style of, post, reminiscent of), ストックホルム症候群 (stock point, Stockhom syndrome, stomach, stop, stop bit, stop motion, stoplight, stopper, stopwatch, straight, straight course, straight perm, straight permanent wave, straight punch, strap, strategy, streaker, streaking, stream, streamer, street, street angel, street furniture, street girl, streetcar, streetwalker, streptomycin, stress, stretching, stride, strike, strike zone, striker, string, strings, strip, strip girl, strip mill, strip show, stripe, stripper, striptease, structure). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ひろがり (expanse, extent, spread), ストレッチ , はり (a beam, acupuncture, crystal, fish hook, glass, hand, needle, pointer, post). (various references)

Korean 

뻗기. (various references)

Manx

sheeyney (dilation, elongate, extension, give, hand, increase, lengthen, lengthening, marry, pass, produce, production, prolongation, prostrate, prostration, range, rick, spin out, sprain, spraining, spread, strain, stretch out, stretching, tension, uncoil), reamsey, lheanaghey magh. (various references)

Pig Latin

etchstray.(various references)

Portuguese

elasticidade (bounce, elasticity, give, pliability, pliancy, resilience, resiliency, spring). (various references)

Romanian

se mãri (accrue, augment, enlarge, greaten, grow, increase, largen, lengthen, swell), se lãrgi (broaden, enlarge, expand, flue, splay, widen), se dilata (dilate, distend, widen), se întinde (elongate, extend, lie down, make, range, reach, recline, recoil, run, set off, spindle, sprawl, spread, sweep), sforţare (effort, exertion, heat, strain), extinde (delocalize, develop, dilate, enlarge, expand, extend, improve, protract, pull, push, spread, widen), întindere (area, compass, expanse, expansion, extension, extent, field, flatting, length, measure, pull up, reach, scope, space, spread, stretching, surface, sweep, width), abuz (abuse, encroachment, excess, fraud, intemperance, malfeasence, malversation, misusage, transgression), abuza (abuse, deceive, delude, exploit, misuse), culca (bed, couch, fell, lay, recline), cuprins (area, compass, comprised, content, contents, expanse, extent, field, included, inflamed, region, summary, surface, well off, well to do), deşira (unravel, unstring, unwind), desface aripile, drum drept, duratã (continuance, course, duration, endurance, lasting, length, life, long, term), effort (drive, effort, endeavor, endeavour, exertion, force, labor, labour, pain, pluck, push, strain, struggle, tug), întinde (arrange, couch, dilate, draw, expand, extend, fling out, hang, lay on, lengthen, outspread, outstretch, pull, pull up, reach, set, sprawl, spread, strew, tauten, tighten, widen), exagerare (enhancement, exaggeration, magnification, superfluity), forţa (break, compel, constrain, endeavor, endeavour, force, huff, impose, open, ravish, urge, violate), interval de timp (period, spell), lãrgi (amplify, broach, delocalize, dilate, enlarge, expand, extend, fill, largen, let out, splay, widen), lungi (dilate, dilute, draw out, eke out, extend, lengthen, let down, protract, spin out), minţi (fib, lie, rook, sham, thump), oferi (accord, afford, avail, bid, exhibit, extend, give, hold forth, offer, proffer, put up, show, stand, yield), porţiune (lot, part, portion, proportion, sector), exagera (aggrandize, draw the long draw, enhance, exaggerate, exceed, lay it on, magnify, overdo, overdraw, overestimate, overrate, overshoot oneself, overstate, pile it on, put it on, salt, stick on, talk through one's hat, throw the hatchet). (various references)

Russian 

вытягивание (draw, drawing, elongation, extension, extrusion), протяжение (amplitude, expanse, expansion, extent, length, range, reach, spread), протягивать (extend, hold forth, hold out, reach), напрягать (bend, exert, rack, strain), натяжение (bent, drag, pull, pull up, pull-up, tension), натяжка, натянуть (draw), превышать (exceed, exceeded, go beyond, outreach, overshoot, surpass, take over, top, transcend), натягиваться (draw, strain, tense, tighten), усилие (ease down, effort, exertion, lick, push, stress), вытягивать (draw out, elicit, exhaust, extend), вытягиваться (extend), тянуться (drag on, draw out, extend, reach out), растянуть (overreach), растягивание (dilatation, draught, enlargement, expansion, foot-dragging, spreading), растягивать (distend, draw out, elongate, protract, spin out, strain), растягиваться (sprawl, strain), натягивать (draw, draw on, pull on, strain, string, tauten, tense, tighten). (various references)

Scottish

stiorc, sìn (hand, increase in length, prolong), righ. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zategnuti (strain, tense, tighten), razvući (open, prolong, protract), rastezanje (dilatation, extension), rastegnuti (distend, stretch oneself), pružanje (offering), protegliti, opružiti (sprawl), neprekinuto vremensko razdoblje, nategnuti (quaff, tense), istegnuti (pull, strain, stretch against), boravak u zatvoru. (various references)

Spanish

estiramiento (elongation), elasticidad (elasticity, give, resilience, resiliency, spring, springiness). (various references)

Swazi

kw-élula (to stretch). (various references)

Swedish

töja, tänja, sträcka (distance, extend, haul, lap, length, reach, Rick, section, strain, sweep, tauten, way), spänna (brace, buckle, draw, put to, span, strain, string, tauten, tense, tighten). (various references)

Turkish

sermek (lay, lay out, let things slide, spread, spread out, unfold), süre (bout, continuance, duration, interval, length, notice, period, respite, run, screen time, space, span, term, time, while), germek (bag, distend, draw, hang on, lift, rack, span, sprawl out, stay, strain, stretch out, string, tauten, tense, tighten, tighten up), abartmak (aggrandize, balloon, carry things too far, carry to excess, color, colour, dramatize, draw the longbow, drow the long bow, embellish, embroider, enhance, exaggerate, fudge, glorify, heighten, lay it on, lay it on thickly, lay it on with a trowel, magnify, overcharge, overdo, overstate, pile it on, pile on the agony, put it on, put it on thick, put on, shoot off one's mouth, slobber over), aralıksız süre, arayı açmak (stretch out), esneklik (elasticity, flexibility, free play, give, litheness, plasticity, pliability, pliancy, resilience, spring, springiness, suppleness, swing), esneme (bending, flection, flexion, gape, oscitation, spring, yawn, yawning, yield), esnetmek (bend, cause to yawn, flex, stretch out, supple), geniş yer, genişleme (becoming wide, dilatation, dilation, enlargement, expansion, expansiveness, spread), gerginlik (distemper, escalation, frayed temper, jitters, strain, stress, tenseness, tension, the jitters, tightness), çekmek (abide, absorb, arrest, attract, be a sufferer by, be a sufferer from, be cursed with smth., bear, bear with, captivate, carry, catch, charm, claw, conjugate, decline, drag, draw, draw off, draw on, draw out, dwindle, engage, engross, extract, fetch, glamor, glamour, go through, go to scale at, grind, grip, haul, heave, hitch, hoist, hold, inflect, inhale, invite, last out, lug, lump, magnetize, pass through, pique, pluck, prepossess, pull, pull away, pull over, pull up, receive, record, run up, scale in, scale out, schlep, schlepp, shoot, shrink, sip, siphon, siphon off, soak, soak in, sop up, stand the racket, suck, suffer, sustain, syphon, syphon off, take, take after, take one's medicine, throw back, toss, tow, tow away, tug, turn the scale at, undergo, up with, whisk, withdraw), gerinmek (give oneself a stretch, have a stretch, stretch oneself out), zorlamak (be urgent with smb., bludgeon, bully, clamor down, clamour down, coerce, compel, constrain, cow smb. into, cozen, do violence to, drag in, drive, edge on, enforce, exact, force, impel, impose, impress, lean upon, obligate, outrage, press, press-gang smb. into doing smth., pressure, push, push smb. for, railroad, railroad into doing, stampede, strain, subdue, sweat, twist smb.'s arm, urge, worry, wrest), hapis süresi, uzamak (augment, continue, draw out, elongate, extend, grow longer, hold over, lengthen, linger, pull out, scat, sweep), uzatma (continuance, continuation, elongation, extending, extension, extratime, lengthening, prolongation, protraction, renewal, spread), uzatmak (augment, belabor, belabour, continue, drag out, draw out, eke out, elongate, enlarge, extend, grow, hand, hold out, hold over, lengthen, outstretch, pad out, pass, prolong, protract, pull out, rack, reach, renew, repose on, sidestep, span, spin out, sprawl out, spread, stand over, stick, stick out, stretch out, turn to, wiredraw), yayılmak (be out at grass, be rife, branch, circulate, diffuse, disperse, effuse, emanate, expand, fan, fan out, get about, get around, get round, go, grow rife, loll, lounge, mushroom, outstretch, overspread, permeate, pervade, ramble, ramp, resound, scatter, splay, sprawl, spread, spread oneself, spread out, unfold), yaymak (broadcast, bruit about, circulate, convey, deploy, diffract, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, dissipate, distribute, divulge, emit, evolve, exhale, extend, exude, fling off, float, give forth, give off, give out, hawk, inspire, noise about, noise abroad, open out, promulgate, propagate, publish, put about, radiate, retail, rumor, rumour, send forth, send out, shed, sprawl out, spread, spread abroad, spread out, strew, throw out, transmit), yeterli gelmek, yetmek (answer, cover, get along, last, see through, serve, suffice, touch), gerinme. (various references)

Turkmen 

tijenmek (bow), tijemek (bow, strain), batlandyrmak (extend). (various references)

Ukrainian

розтягуватися (dilate, elongate, spread out, stretch out, tail away, tail off, yield), розтягувати (balloon, distend, elongate, overblow, protract, pull, spin out, spread out), натягання (strain), напруження (dйtente, effort, exertion, intensification, intension, pull, rush, strain, tension), еластичність (ductility, elasticity, flexibility, give, resilience, resiliency, springiness), простір (amplitude, area, elbow room, expanse, expansion, place, region, space, vast), простягатися (continue, extend, outreach, range). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự căng ra (spread), thời hạn ở tù một hơi, một mạch (holus-bolus), lâu lắm rồi, không nghỉ lâu, dải (band, expanse). (various references)

Welsh

ymgyrraedd (strive after), ymestyn (extend, reach), taenu (expand, spread), estyn (extend, prolong, reach). (various references)

consternabatur, consternata, consternatae, consternatique, consternatus, contendam, contendas, contendat, contende, contendebant, contendebat, contendentes, contendere, contenderit, contendet, contendi, contendimus, contendis, contendit, contendite, contenditis, contenta, contenti, contentus, distendantur, distenti, distentionem, effuderim, effuderint, effuderis, effuderit, effuderitis, effudero, effuderunt, eff