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To lengthen by pulling

• I stretched out my arms.

  Ich streckte die Arme aus.

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• I stretched out my legs.

  Ich streckte die Beine aus.

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To lengthen when pulled

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To pull tight

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To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body, for example in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles

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To extend physically, especially from a limit point and/or to a limit point

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To get more use than expected from a limited resource

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To increase

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To increase, to grow

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To make inaccurate by exaggerationselten

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To make great demands on the capacity or resources of somethingselten

An act of stretching

• This stretch of the road is flat.

  Auf diesem Abschnitt ist die Straße eben.

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• Do you always drive the same stretch?

  Fährst du immer die gleiche Strecke?

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The ability to lengthen when pulled

A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration

A segment of a journey or route