stretching

Other forms of stretching

plural

stretchings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about stretching

What does stretching mean?

stretching means "act of expanding by lengthening or widening". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in stretching?

stretching has 2 syllables: stret-ching. The stress falls on "stret". In IPA it is /ˈstɹɛtʃɪŋ/.

What is another word for stretching?

Close synonyms include stretch. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stretching a common word?

stretching is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.