Synonyms of the word

stretching

• n. The act by which something is stretched.
• n. A form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle (or muscle group) is deliberately elongated…
• v. present participle of stretch.

enlargement

• n. The act of making something larger.
• n. (figuratively) A making more obvious or serious; exacerbation.
• n. An image, particularly a photograph, that has been enlarged.

exercise

• n. Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.
• n. Physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness.
• n. A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use.
• n. The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.
• n. (obsolete) That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
• v. To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.
• v. (intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or training.
• v. (transitive) To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.
• v. (now often in passive) To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful…
• v. (obsolete) To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to.

exercising

• v. present participle of exercise.
• n. The act by which something is exercised.

expansion

• n. The act or process of expanding.
• n. The fractional change in unit length per unit length per unit temperature change.
• n. A new addition.
• n. A product to be used with a previous product.
• n. That which is expanded; expanse; extended surface.
• n. (steam engines) The operation of steam in a cylinder after its communication with the boiler has been…

stretch

• v. (transitive) To lengthen by pulling.
• v. (intransitive) To lengthen when pulled.
• v. (transitive) To pull tight.
• v. (figuratively, transitive) To get more use than expected from a limited resource.
• v. (figuratively, transitive) To make inaccurate by exaggeration.
• v. (intransitive) To extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point.
• v. (intransitive, transitive) To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the elasticity…
• v. (intransitive) To extend to a limit point.
• v. (transitive) To increase.
• v. (obsolete, colloquial) To stretch the truth; to exaggerate.
• v. (nautical) To sail by the wind under press of canvas.
• n. An act of stretching.
• n. The ability to lengthen when pulled.
• n. A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief.
• n. A segment of a journey or route.
• n. A segment or length of material.
• n. (baseball) A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead…
• n. (baseball) A long reach in the direction of the ball with a foot remaining on the base by a first baseman…
• n. A length of time.
• n. (informal) Term of address for a tall person.
• n. (Ireland, idiomatic) extended daylight hours, especially said of the evening in springtime when compared…

workout

• n. An exercise session; a period of physical exercise.
• n. A schedule or program of specific exercises, especially one intended to achieve a particular goal.
• n. (by extension) Any activity that requires much physical or mental effort, or produces strain.