"stretch out" meaning in English

See stretch out in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: stretches out [present, singular, third-person], stretching out [participle, present], stretched out [participle, past], stretched out [past]
Etymology: From stretch + out. Etymology templates: {{com|en|stretch|out}} stretch + out Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: intransitive Translations (to lie fully extended): maata pitkin pituuttaan (Finnish), s’étendre (French), estricar (Galician), estarricar (Galician), spannen (German), uusstrecke [Alemannic-German] (German), kinyújtózik (Hungarian), elnyújtózik (Hungarian), nyújtózik (Hungarian), venuttaissa (Ingrian), estirar-se (Portuguese), простира́ться (prostirátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-stretch_out-en-verb-biKvvqok Disambiguation of 'to lie fully extended': 80 17 3
  2. (transitive) To extend (something) fully, in space, time or use. Tags: transitive Translations (to extend fully): مَدَّدَ (maddada) (Arabic), اِمْتَدَّ (imtadda) (Arabic), etendi (Esperanto), ojentaa (suoraksi) (Finnish), tendre (French), estricar (Galician), estarricar (Galician), dehnen (German), kinyújt (Hungarian), nyújt (Hungarian), oentaa (Ingrian), totoro (Maori), ਤਾਣਨਾ (tāṇnā) (Punjabi), протя́гивать (protjágivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), протяну́ть (protjanútʹ) [perfective] (Russian), вытя́гивать (vytjágivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́тянуть (výtjanutʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-stretch_out-en-verb-hyqlk~Fh Disambiguation of 'to extend fully': 35 48 16
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To stretch (something or oneself) (To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles). Tags: intransitive, transitive Derived forms: stretch-out [noun], stretchout [noun]
    Sense id: en-stretch_out-en-verb-WcBSg1cj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Alemannic German translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Punjabi translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 26 63 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 14 22 64 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 24 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 23 65 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 14 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Alemannic German translations: 5 9 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 16 17 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 13 18 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 17 67 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 21 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 16 17 67 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 17 17 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 14 15 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 13 19 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 16 17 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 16 17 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Punjabi translations: 16 17 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 18 69

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to extend fully",
      "word": "kinyújt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to extend fully",
      "word": "nyújt"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to extend fully",
      "word": "oentaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to extend fully",
      "word": "totoro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "tāṇnā",
      "sense": "to extend fully",
      "word": "ਤਾਣਨਾ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "protjágivatʹ",
      "sense": "to extend fully",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "протя́гивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "protjanútʹ",
      "sense": "to extend fully",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "протяну́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vytjágivatʹ",
      "sense": "to extend fully",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "вытя́гивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výtjanutʹ",
      "sense": "to extend fully",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "вы́тянуть"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stretch out"
}

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