1 to make or become longer or wider especially by pulling or by being pulled: She stretched the piece of elastic to its fullest extent; His scarf was so long that it could stretch right across the room; This material stretches; The dog yawned and stretched (itself); He stretched (his arm/hand) up as far as he could, but still could not reach the shelf; Ask someone to pass you the jam instead of stretching across the table for it.
az: dartmaq, uzatmaq, gərmək
ru: растягивать(ся); тянуть(ся); вытягивать(ся)
2 (of land etc) to extend: The plain stretched ahead of them for miles.
az: uzanmaq
ru: простираться
♦ noun
1 an act of stretching or state of being stretched: He got out of bed and had a good stretch.
az: dartma, genəltmə
ru: вытягивание; потягивание
2 a continuous extent, of eg a type of country, or of time: a pretty stretch of country; a stretch of bad road; a stretch of twenty years.
az: məsafə, sahə
ru: протяжение; участок;срок
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English-Azerbaijani dictionary