stretch

Çekerek uzatmak veya genişletmek

To extend or lengthen something by pulling it.

• She stretched the rubber band until it snapped.
• Stretch your arms above your head.
• The fabric stretches easily.
• Urban planners warn that infrastructure resources will stretch beyond capacity if the metropolitan population continues to grow at its current rate.
• Athletes are advised to stretch their major muscle groups for at least ten minutes before engaging in high-intensity training to prevent injuries.
• The research grant committee agreed to stretch the original deadline by two weeks to accommodate applicants affected by the recent natural disaster.

Eş anlamlılar: extend, lengthen, pull, elongate

Zıt anlamlılar: compress, contract, shorten, shrink

Vücudu veya uzuvları germek

To extend one's body or limbs to full length, often to relieve stiffness.

• He yawned and stretched after waking up.
• You should stretch before exercising.
• The cat stretched lazily in the sun.

Eş anlamlılar: reach, extend, limber up

Zıt anlamlılar: curl up, contract

Bir mesafe veya zaman dilimi boyunca uzanmak

To extend over a distance or period of time.

• The beach stretches for miles.
• The project stretched over three years.
• The road stretches into the distance.

Eş anlamlılar: extend, span, continue, reach

Vücudu veya uzuvları germe hareketi

An act of stretching one's body or limbs.

• I need a good stretch after that long flight.
• Do a few stretches to warm up.
• She gave her arms a stretch.

Eş anlamlılar: extension, reach

Sürekli bir arazi veya su alanı

A continuous area or expanse of land or water.

• We drove through a long stretch of desert.
• That stretch of highway is dangerous.
• A beautiful stretch of coastline.

Eş anlamlılar: expanse, tract, area, span

Sürekli bir zaman dilimi

A continuous period of time.

• He worked for a ten-hour stretch.
• She slept for a good stretch.
• We had a stretch of bad weather.

Eş anlamlılar: period, spell, stint, run