"stretch" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

stretch verbo

stretch + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 46
stretch one's legs • stretch out one's hand • stretch one's arms • stretch out one's arms • stretch out one's legs • stretch one's hand • ...
verbo + stretch
Kolokacji: 7
seem to stretch • try to stretch • begin stretching • start stretching • finish stretching • ...
stretch + preposición
Kolokacji: 59
stretch out • stretch from • stretch across • stretch over • stretch along • stretch between • stretch beyond • stretch down • stretch up • ...
stretch + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 65
stretch thin • stretch away • stretch far • stretch taut • stretch wide • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 14
(2) away, forth
Kolokacji: 2
(4) taut, tightly, tautly
Kolokacji: 3
1. stretch taut = odcinek naprężony stretch taut
  • His face was almost white, with the skin stretching tightly over the bones beneath.
  • The skin was perfectly yellow, and stretched tightly over the bones.
  • Its fabric stretched tightly until I thought that it should burst.
  • No doubt you're aware of how tightly stretched we are just now?
  • His always gaunt face had now the look of skin stretched tightly over bone.
  • The boy's nerves were stretched tightly; two words from me would have produced an explosion.
  • The dress shirt stretched tightly across his shoulders and upper arms.
  • She assumed the form of a giant rubber band, tightly stretched.
  • The court is 60 feet long and 30 feet wide with the net stretched tightly in the middle.
(5) wide, open, indefinitely
Kolokacji: 3
(6) luxuriously, fully
Kolokacji: 2
(7) endlessly, infinitely
Kolokacji: 2
(9) upward, downward
Kolokacji: 2
(12) languidly, languorously
Kolokacji: 2
(13) gently, painfully, severely
Kolokacji: 3
(14) gradually, suddenly
Kolokacji: 2

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