stretch out

See also: stretchout

English

Etymology

From stretch +‎ out.

Verb

stretch out (third-person singular simple present stretches out, present participle stretching out, simple past and past participle stretched out)

1. (intransitive) To lie fully extended.

   My cat likes stretching out in front of the fire.

2. (transitive) To extend (something) fully, in space, time or use.

   You have to stretch your presentation out another two minutes.

   Please don't stretch out your sweater by pulling it on and off carelessly.

   We need to stretch the water supply out as long as we can.

Derived terms

• stretch-out (noun)
• stretchout (noun)

Translations

to lie fully extended

• Finnish: maata pitkin pituuttaan
• French: s'étendre (fr)
• Galician: estricar (gl), estarricar (gl)
• German: spannen (de)

  Alemannic German: uusstrecke

• Hungarian: kinyújtózik (hu), elnyújtózik (hu), nyújtózik (hu)
• Ingrian: venuttaissa
• Portuguese: estirar-se
• Russian: простира́ться (ru) impf (prostirátʹsja)

to extend fully

• Arabic: مَدَّدَ (maddada), اِمْتَدَّ (imtadda)
• Esperanto: etendi (eo)
• Finnish: ojentaa (suoraksi)
• French: tendre (fr)
• Galician: estricar (gl), estarricar (gl)
• German: dehnen (de)
• Hungarian: kinyújt (hu), nyújt (hu)
• Ingrian: oentaa
• Māori: totoro
• Punjabi: ਤਾਣਨਾ (pa) (tāṇnā)
• Russian: протя́гивать (ru) impf (protjágivatʹ), протяну́ть (ru) pf (protjanútʹ), вытя́гивать (ru) impf (vytjágivatʹ), вы́тянуть (ru) pf (výtjanutʹ)
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: كرمك (germek)

Anagrams

• outstretch