Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 55648 6743757 2009-06-08T18:08:37Z Interwicket 46132 iwiki +[[:sw:stretch]] ==English== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|en-us-stretch.ogg|Audio (US)}} *: {{rhymes|ɛtʃ}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb|stret|ch|es}} # {{transitive}} To lengthen by pulling. #: ''I '''stretched''' the rubber band until it almost broke.'' # {{intransitive}}{{ergative}} To lengthen when pulled. #: ''The rubber band '''stretched''' almost to the breaking point.'' # {{transitive}} To pull tight. #: ''First, '''stretch''' the skin over the frame of the drum.'' # {{transitive}} To get more use than expected from a limited resource. #: ''I managed to '''stretch''' my coffee supply a few more days.'' # {{transitive}} To be [[inaccurate]] by exaggeration. #: ''To say crossing the street was brave is '''stretching''' the meaning of "brave" considerably.'' # {{intransitive}} To extend one’s limbs or body in order to stretch the muscles. #: ''I woke up, yawned and '''stretched.''''' # To extend from limit point to limit point. #: ''The beach '''stretches''' from Cresswell to Amble.'' ====Translations==== {{trans-top|lengthen by pulling}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[تمدد]]}} {{unicode|(tamáddada)}} * Chinese: [[伸張]], [[伸张]] (shēnzhāng) * Dutch: {{t-|nl|strekken}} * Esperanto: {{t+|eo|streĉi|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|venyttää}} * French: {{t+|fr|étendre}} * German: {{t-|de|strecken}} * Hungarian: {{t|hu|kinyújt}}, {{t|hu|kifeszít}} * Italian: {{t+|it|tendere}} {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: [[伸ばす]] (のばす, nobasu) * Korean: [[당기다]] (danggida) * Old English: {{t-|ang|þennan|xs=Old English}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|esticar}} * Russian: [[вытягивать]] (vytjágivat’) * Spanish: {{t+|es|estirar}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|sträcka}} * [[Telugu]]: [[సాగదీయు]] (saagadeeyu) {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|lengthen when pulled}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|venyä}} * Korean: [[당기다]] (danggida) {{trans-mid}} * Spanish: [[estirarse]] * [[Telugu]]: [[సాగు]] (saagu) {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|pull tight}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|pingottaa}}, {{t-|fi|venyttää}} * Korean: [[당기다]] (danggida) {{trans-mid}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|þennan|xs=Old English}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|get more than expected from a limited resource}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|venyttää}} {{trans-mid}} * German: {{t-|de|strecken}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|be inaccurate by exaggeration}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|venyttää}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|extend one’s limbs or body in order to stretch the muscles}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|venytellä}} * French: {{t+|fr|s'étirer}} * Korean: [[뻗다]] (ppeotda) {{trans-mid}} * Portuguese: [[espreguiçar-se]] * Spanish: {{t+|es|estirar}} * [[Telugu]]: [[ఒళ్ళు విరుచుకొను]] (oLLu viruchukonu) {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|extend between limits}} {{trans-mid}} * Spanish: {{t|es|extenderse}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun|es}} [[Image:Amanda Françozo At The Runner Sports-4.jpg|thumb|Stretching]] # An act of stretching. <!-- but not in all senses? --> #: ''I was right in the middle of a '''stretch''' when the phone rang.'' #: ''To say crossing the street was brave was quite a '''stretch.''''' # The ability to lengthen when pulled. #: ''That rubber band has quite a bit of '''stretch.''''' # A course of thought which similarly diverts from 'straight' logic # A [[segment]] of a [[journey]] or [[route]]. #: ''It was an easy trip except for the last '''stretch''', which took forever.'' # {{baseball}} A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it. # {{baseball}} A long reach in the direction of the ball with a foot remaining on the base by a first baseman in order to catch the ball sooner. # A length of time #: He did a 7-year '''stretch''' in jail. ====Translations==== {{trans-top|act of stretching}} * Finnish: [[venyttely]] (''stretching body''), [[liioittelu]] (''stretching eg. truth'') {{trans-mid}} * French: {{t+|fr|étirement}} * Spanish: {{t|es|estirón|m}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|ability to lengthen when pulled}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|rek|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Finnish: [[kimmoisuus]], [[venyvyys]] * Spanish: {{t+|es|elasticidad|f}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|segment of a journey or route}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|osuus}} * German: {{t+|de|Strecke|f}} {{trans-mid}} * Spanish: {{t|es|trecho|m}}, {{t-|es|tramo|m}} {{trans-bottom}} '''to be checked''' * {{ttbc|Maori}}: [[taronga]] ===Related terms=== * [[at full stretch]] * [[by a long stretch]] * [[cat stretch]] * [[outstretch]] * [[overstretch]] * [[seventh inning stretch]] * [[stretchable]] * [[stretch limo]] * [[stretch of the imagination]] * [[stretch mark]] * [[stretch out]] * [[stretch pants]] * [[stretcher]] * [[stretchy]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:English ergative verbs]] [[ar:stretch]] [[et:stretch]] [[fa:stretch]] [[fr:stretch]] [[io:stretch]] [[it:stretch]] [[kk:stretch]] [[sw:stretch]] [[hu:stretch]] [[nl:stretch]] [[oc:stretch]] [[pt:stretch]] [[simple:stretch]] [[fi:stretch]] [[sv:stretch]] [[ta:stretch]] [[te:stretch]] [[vi:stretch]] [[zh:stretch]]