Stretching

noun

/ˈstɹɛtʃɪŋ/

Word Frequency: 6.3

Definitions

1.nounThe act by which something is stretched.

2.nounA 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.

Synonyms

wide broad wide-spreading lengthening spreading spanning ranging vibrating covering drawing expanding extending

Rhymes With

fetching retching sketching fletching hsieh ching yeh ching

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