stretching

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Exercise in which you extend your muscles and limbs to keep them flexible.

   A few minutes of stretching before a run helps prevent injuries.

2. 2
   noun

   The act of making something longer or wider by pulling it.

   The leather needs some stretching before the shoes will fit comfortably.

From Middle English strecchinge, strecchynge, from Old English streċċende, from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjandī, present participle of *strakkjan (“to stretch”), equivalent to stretch + -ing.

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