That's stretching the point.
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Stretching
//ˈstɹɛt͡ʃɪŋ//
Synonyms for "stretching" (103 found)
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1 entriesTranslations
23 translations across 16 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- расця́жка noun (a form of physical exercise)
Bulgarian
1 entries- разтя́гане noun (a form of physical exercise)
Czech
2 entries- protahování noun (a form of physical exercise)
- strečink noun (a form of physical exercise)
French
2 entries- stretching noun (a form of physical exercise)
- étirement noun (a form of physical exercise)
German
1 entries- Dehngymnastik noun (a form of physical exercise)
Hungarian
2 entries- kinyújtás noun (a form of physical exercise)
- nyújtás noun (a form of physical exercise)
Italian
2 entries- allungamento noun (a form of physical exercise)
- stiramento noun (a form of physical exercise)
Japanese
3 entries- ストレッチ noun (a form of physical exercise)
- ストレッチング noun (a form of physical exercise)
- ストレッチ体操 noun (a form of physical exercise)
Korean
1 entries- 스트레칭 noun (a form of physical exercise)
Polish
1 entries- stretching noun (a form of physical exercise)
Portuguese
1 entries- alongamento noun (a form of physical exercise)
Russian
1 entries- растя́жка noun (a form of physical exercise)
Spanish
1 entries- estiramiento noun (a form of physical exercise)
Swedish
2 entries- stretching noun (a form of physical exercise)
- stretchning noun (a form of physical exercise)
Ukrainian
1 entries- розтя́жка noun (a form of physical exercise)
Unami
1 entries- shipcheokàn noun (a form of physical exercise)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The ballerinas around the walls are stretching their legs and feet so their muscles will not become stiff.
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The path stretching from that house to the bamboo thicket was laid with stone paving.
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In order to cross from one sentence to the other, Tom was stretching out his arm. Mary clung firmly onto it and jumped over the dot, avoiding to fall into the space.
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