اِمْتَدَّ verb (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles)
تَمَدَّدَ verb (to lengthen by pulling)
مَدَّدَ verb (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles)

Aromanian

1 entries

tindu verb (to lengthen by pulling)

Assamese

1 entries

মেলা verb (to lengthen by pulling)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

çəkmək verb (to pull tight)

Bashkir

4 entries

арттырыу verb (to be inaccurate by exaggeration)
йәйелеү verb (to extend from limit to limit)
кирелеү verb (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles)
тарттырыу verb (to pull tight)

Basque

1 entries

luzatu verb (to lengthen by pulling)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

तानल verb (to lengthen by pulling)

Bulgarian

4 entries

разтегливост noun (ability to lengthen when pulled)
разтегляне noun (act of stretching)
разтягане noun (act of stretching)
обтягам verb (to pull tight)

Catalan

4 entries

tram noun (segment of a journey or route)
estirar verb (to lengthen by pulling)
estricar verb (to lengthen when pulled)
tibar verb (to pull tight)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

伸展 verb (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

伸展 noun (act of stretching)
伸展 verb (to lengthen by pulling)
伸展 verb (to lengthen when pulled)
伸展 verb (to pull tight)

Czech

1 entries

natáhnout verb (to lengthen by pulling)

Danish

4 entries

overdrive verb (to be inaccurate by exaggeration)
spænde verb (to pull tight)
stramme verb (to pull tight)
strække verb (to lengthen by pulling)

Dutch

4 entries

rek noun (act of stretching)
rek noun (ability to lengthen when pulled)
(zich uit)strekken verb (to extend from limit to limit)
aanspannen verb (to pull tight)

Dzongkha

2 entries

ཧབ verb (to lengthen when pulled)
ཧབ verb (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles)

Esperanto

2 entries

streĉi verb (to lengthen by pulling)
streĉi verb (to get more than expected from a limited resource)

Farefare

1 entries

tẽegɛ verb (to lengthen by pulling)

Finnish

4 entries

kaukaa haettu noun (thought which diverts from logic)
kimmoisuus noun (ability to lengthen when pulled)
liioittelu noun (act of stretching)
osuus noun (segment of a journey or route)

French

4 entries

étirement noun (act of stretching)
s'étendre verb (to extend from limit to limit)
s'étirer verb (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles)
étendre verb (to lengthen by pulling)

Friulian

3 entries

distindi verb (to lengthen by pulling)
distirâ verb (to lengthen by pulling)
tindi verb (to lengthen by pulling)

Galician

4 entries

espreguizar verb (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles)
espurrir verb (to lengthen by pulling)
espurrir verb (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles)
estarricar verb (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles)

German

4 entries

Abschnitt noun (segment of a journey or route)
Dehnbarkeit noun (ability to lengthen when pulled)
Dehnen noun (act of stretching)
Dehnung noun (ability to lengthen when pulled)

Greek

2 entries

ψηλολέλεκας noun (addressing for a tall person)
τείνω verb (to lengthen by pulling)

Hebrew

3 entries

הַגְזָמָה noun (thought which diverts from logic)
מָתַח verb (to lengthen by pulling)
נִמְתַּח verb (to lengthen when pulled)

Hungarian

4 entries

erőltetett noun (thought which diverts from logic)
kinyújtás noun (act of stretching)
kinyújtózkodás noun (act of stretching)
nyújtás noun (act of stretching)

Ingrian

2 entries

vennua verb (to lengthen when pulled)
venuttaa verb (to lengthen by pulling)

Irish

4 entries

réimse noun (segment of a journey or route)
stráice noun (segment of a journey or route)
sín verb (to lengthen by pulling)
sín verb (to lengthen when pulled)

Italian

1 entries

tendere verb (to lengthen by pulling)

Japanese

3 entries

ストレッチ noun (act of stretching)
伸ばす verb (to lengthen by pulling)
伸びる verb (to lengthen when pulled)

Khmer

3 entries

បន្លាយ verb (to lengthen by pulling)
លាម verb (to lengthen by pulling)
ហូត verb (to lengthen by pulling)

Korean

4 entries

기지개 noun (act of stretching)
스트레칭 noun (act of stretching)
늘이다 verb (to lengthen by pulling)
당기다 verb (to lengthen by pulling)

Latin

3 entries

extendo verb (to lengthen by pulling)
pandiculor verb (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles)
tendo verb (to lengthen by pulling)

Low German

1 entries

strecken verb (to lengthen by pulling)

Māori

4 entries

tiāroa noun (segment of a journey or route)
tūtanga noun (segment of a journey or route)
hītamo verb (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles)
hītamotamo verb (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles)

Nahuatl

3 entries

catzana verb (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles)
tititza verb (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles)
titītza verb (to lengthen by pulling)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

vekêşin verb (to lengthen by pulling)
vekêşin verb (to lengthen when pulled)

Occitan

1 entries

estirar verb (to lengthen by pulling)

Old English

2 entries

þennan verb (to lengthen by pulling)
þennan verb (to pull tight)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

اسنمك verb (to lengthen when pulled)
كرمك verb (to lengthen by pulling)
كرمك verb (to pull tight)
كرمك verb (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles)

Polish

4 entries

elastyczność noun (ability to lengthen when pulled)
odcinek noun (segment of a journey or route)
rozciągalność noun (ability to lengthen when pulled)
rozciąganie noun (act of stretching)

Portuguese

4 entries

alongamento noun (act of stretching)
elasticidade noun (ability to lengthen when pulled)
trecho noun (segment of a journey or route)
alongar-se verb (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles)

Quechua

2 entries

chutay verb (to lengthen by pulling)
mast'ay verb (to lengthen by pulling)

Rarotongan

1 entries

toro verb (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles)

Romanian

4 entries

întindere noun (act of stretching)
întindere noun (ability to lengthen when pulled)
întinde verb (to lengthen by pulling)
întinde verb (to lengthen when pulled)

Romansch

3 entries

extender verb (to lengthen by pulling)
stender verb (to lengthen by pulling)
tender verb (to lengthen by pulling)

Russian

4 entries

промежу́ток noun (segment of a journey or route)
растя́гивание noun (act of stretching)
растя́жка noun (act of stretching)
уча́сток noun (segment of a journey or route)

Samoan

1 entries

tolo verb (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles)

Sanskrit

1 entries

तनोति verb (to lengthen by pulling)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

sìn verb (to lengthen by pulling)

Spanish

4 entries

elasticidad noun (ability to lengthen when pulled)
estiramiento noun (act of stretching)
estirón noun (act of stretching)
exageración noun (thought which diverts from logic)

Sundanese

2 entries

taak verb (to lengthen by pulling)
taak verb (to lengthen when pulled)

Swedish

4 entries

sträcka noun (segment of a journey or route)
spänna verb (to pull tight)
stretcha verb (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles)
sträcka verb (to lengthen by pulling)

Tahitian

1 entries

toro verb (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles)

Telugu

3 entries

ఒళ్ళు విరుచుకొను verb (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles)
సాగదీయు verb (to lengthen by pulling)
సాగు verb (to lengthen when pulled)

Tongan

1 entries

tolo verb (to extend one’s limbs or body, for example in order to improve the elasticity the muscles)

Turkish

4 entries

elastikiyet noun (ability to lengthen when pulled)
esneklik noun (ability to lengthen when pulled)
gerinme noun (act of stretching)
gerilmek verb (to lengthen when pulled)

Ukrainian

4 entries

еласти́чність noun (ability to lengthen when pulled)
розтя́гування noun (act of stretching)
розтя́жка noun (act of stretching)
ви́тягти verb (to lengthen by pulling)

Vietnamese

1 entries

duỗi verb (to lengthen by pulling)

Welsh

2 entries

ymestyn verb (to lengthen by pulling)
ymestyn verb (to lengthen when pulled)

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I can't stretch my right arm.

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Janet sure knows how to stretch a dollar.

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I don't know if you'd call it a hobby, but to stretch it a little, you could say music appreciation is my hobby.

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I always stretch my leg muscles before playing tennis.

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