Stretching
31stretching — 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 muscles felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle tone …
32stretching — Synonyms and related words: aggrandizement, amplification, ballyhoo, big talk, bloat, bloatedness, bloating, blowing up, breaking point, burlesque, caricature, diastole, dilatation, dilation, distension, doziness, dropsy, drowsiness, edema,… …
33stretching — stret·ching s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} 1. TS sport tipo di ginnastica che consiste in esercizi di allungamento dei muscoli per migliorarne l elasticità o recuperare energie dopo uno sforzo intenso Sinonimi: allungamento. 2. TS chim., fis.… …
34stretching — {{hw}}{{stretching}}{{/hw}}s. m. inv. Insieme di tecniche e di esercizi ginnici per migliorare la capacità di allungamento della muscolatura …
35Stretching — Stret|ching 〈 [strɛ̣tʃıŋ] n.; Gen.: od. s, Pl.: s; Sport〉 Streck , Dehnungsübung zum Muskeltraining [Etym.: engl., »das Strecken«] …
36Stretching — Stret|ching das; s <zu ↑...ing> aus Dehnungsübungen bestehende Form der Gymnastik …
37stretching — s ( en) (el. stretchning) …
38Stretching — Stret|ching [ strɛtʃ̮ɪŋ], das; s (aus Dehnungsübungen bestehende Form der Gymnastik) …
39stretching — noun 1. act of expanding by lengthening or widening (Freq. 1) • Derivationally related forms: ↑stretch • Hypernyms: ↑expansion, ↑enlargement • Hyponyms: ↑tension, ↑e …
40stretching course — (in brickwork) a course of stretchers. Cf. heading course. [1685 95] * * * …
