stretch out

See also: stretchout

English

Etymology

stretch +‎ out

Verb

stretch out (third-person singular simple present stretches out, present participle stretching out, simple past and past participle stretched out)

1. (intransitive) To lie fully extended.

   My cat likes stretching out in front of the fire.

2. (transitive) To extend (something) fully.

   Please stretch your arms out above your head.

   Please don't stretch out your sweater by pulling it on and off carelessly.

Derived terms

• stretch-out (noun)
• stretchout (noun)

 

Translations

to lie fully extended

• Finnish: maata pitkin pituuttaan
• French: s’étendre (fr)
• Galician: estricar (gl), estarricar
• German: spannen (de)

  Alemannic German: uusstrecke

• Hungarian: kinyújtózik (hu), elnyújtózik (hu), nyújtózik (hu)
• Portuguese: estirar-se
• Russian: простира́ться (ru) impf (prostirátʹsja)

to extend fully

• Arabic: مَدَّدَ (maddada), اِمْتَدَّ (imtadda)
• Finnish: ojentaa (suoraksi)
• French: tendre (fr)
• Galician: estricar (gl), estarricar
• German: dehnen (de)
• Hungarian: kinyújt (hu), nyújt (hu)
• Ingrian: oentaa
• Maori: totoro
• Punjabi: ਤਾਣਨਾ (pa) (tāṇnā)
• Russian: протя́гивать (ru) impf (protjágivatʹ), протяну́ть (ru) pf (protjanútʹ), вытя́гивать (ru) impf (vytjágivatʹ), вы́тянуть (ru) pf (výtjanutʹ)

Anagrams

• outstretch