"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
(5) wide, open, indefinitely
Kolokacji: 3
(6) luxuriously, fully
Kolokacji: 2
(7) endlessly, infinitely
Kolokacji: 2
(9) upward, downward
Kolokacji: 2
1. stretch upward = odcinek do góry stretch upward
  • They reached the center area that stretched upward into the body of the statue.
  • Windows stretched upward the full four stories to a slanting glass roof.
  • The place was massive, stretching upward as far as she could see.
  • The dome stretched upward, becoming a column, then turned at right angles.
  • What could he do but stretch upward and grab first one, then the other, in his mouth?
  • A form lay sprawled on the floor, one hand stretched upward against the side of the telephone table.
  • Impulsively he stretched both arms upward, as if to catch a cloud.
  • Every place which physically existed must stretch upward through all the levels of the universe.
  • She walked beneath the oaks and felt them stretching upward, yearning for the sun.
  • The towers of light gave us comfort in their stretching upward toward infinity.
2. stretch downward = odcinek w dół stretch downward
(12) languidly, languorously
Kolokacji: 2
(13) gently, painfully, severely
Kolokacji: 3
(14) gradually, suddenly
Kolokacji: 2

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