stretching

English

Rugby union player Clément Poitreneaud passively stretching his hamstring.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɹɛt͡ʃɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɛtʃɪŋ

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• Hyphenation: stretch‧ing

Etymology 1

From Middle English strecching, strecchinge, equivalent to stretch +‎ -ing.

Noun

stretching (countable and uncountable, plural stretchings)

1. The act by which something is stretched.
   • 1859, Victor Regnault, Elements of Chemistry:

     [Skins] must be submitted to several washings, treadings, and stretchings, before they acquire the necessary pliancy.

2. A form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle (or muscle group) is deliberately elongated to its fullest length in order to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle tone.

Derived terms

• key stretching
• stretching course
• stretching frame
• stretching-iron
• stretching the long bow
• time stretching

 

Translations

a form of physical exercise

• Belarusian: расця́жка f (rascjážka)
• Bulgarian: разтя́гане (bg) n (raztjágane)
• Czech: strečink m, protahování n
• French: étirement (fr) m, stretching (fr) m
• German: Dehngymnastik f
• Hungarian: nyújtás (hu), kinyújtás (hu)
• Italian: allungamento (it) m, stiramento (it) m
• Japanese: ストレッチ (ja) (sutoretchi), ストレッチング (ja) (sutoretchingu), ストレッチ体操 (ストレッチたいそう, sutoretchi taisō)
• Korean: 스트레칭 (seuteureching)
• Polish: stretching (pl) m
• Portuguese: alongamento (pt) m
• Russian: растя́жка (ru) f (rastjážka)
• Spanish: estiramiento (es) m
• Swedish: stretching (sv) c, stretchning (sv) c
• Ukrainian: розтя́жка f (roztjážka)

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

stretching (comparative more stretching, superlative most stretching)

1. Requiring a high level of effort or performance.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:stretching.

Verb

stretching

1. present participle and gerund of stretch

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English stretching.

Noun

stretching m (uncountable)

1. stretching

Further reading

• stretching in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish

stretching

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English stretching.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstrɛ.t͡ʂiŋk/
• Rhymes: -ɛt͡ʂiŋk
• Syllabification: stre‧tching

Noun

stretching m inan (related adjective stretchingowy)

1. (exercise) stretching (form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle (or muscle group) is deliberately elongated to its fullest length in order to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle tone)

Declension

Declension of stretching

	singular
nominative	stretching
genitive	stretchingu
dative	stretchingowi
accusative	stretching
instrumental	stretchingiem
locative	stretchingu
vocative	stretchingu

Further reading

• stretching in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• stretching at Obserwatorium językowe Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

Swedish

Alternative forms

• stretchning

Etymology

Borrowed from English stretching.

Noun

stretching c

1. stretching (form of physical exercise)

Declension

Declension of stretching

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	stretching	stretchings
	definite	stretchingen	stretchingens
plural	indefinite	stretchingar	stretchingars
	definite	stretchingarna	stretchingarnas

See also

• stretcha

References

• stretching in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• stretching in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)