Stretching

a. & n.

1.

a. & n. from Stretch, v. Stretching course (Masonry) a course or series of stretchers. See Stretcher, 2. - Britton.

Noun	1.	stretching - act of expanding by lengthening or widening
	2.	stretching - exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent Synonyms: stretch
Adj.	1.	stretching - extending far; "beyond the misty gray of the rain he saw the stretching hutment"; "wide-spreading plains" Synonyms: wide-spreading

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