Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stretching

/ˈstɹɛt͡ʃɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables: stretch-ing
IPA: /ˈstɹɛt͡ʃɪŋ/

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act by which something is stretched.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A 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.

Countable; Uncountable

adj

Requiring a high level of effort or performance.

verb

present participle and gerund of stretch

Example Sentences

"[Skins] must be submitted to several washings, treadings, and stretchings, before they acquire the necessary pliancy."

Etymology

From Middle English strecching, strecchinge, equivalent to stretch + -ing.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: strecching, strecchinge, streċċende, *strakkjandī

Usage

Inflected Forms

stretchings (plural) more stretching (comparative) most stretching (superlative)

Phrases

key stretching stretching course stretching frame stretching-iron stretching the long bow time stretching

Synonyms

stretch

Rhymes With

etching sketching fetching fletching kvetching

Questions

How do you pronounce stretching?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈstɹɛt͡ʃɪŋ/.
What does stretching mean?: The act by which something is stretched.
Where does stretching come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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