потягиваться — meaning in English
potyagivatsya
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English meaning
- stretch verb To pull or extend something so it becomes longer or tighter.
Senses
потягиваться is used for these senses in English:
- pandiculate (ambitransitive) To fully stretch the torso and upper limbs, typically accompanied by yawning.
- rax (UK, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland, intransitive) To stretch after sleep.
- stretch (intransitive, transitive) To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body, for example in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles.
stretch — full definition
- verb To pull or extend something so it becomes longer or tighter.
- verb To extend one's own body or limbs, often to loosen muscles.
- verb To make a limited resource or piece of information go further than it comfortably should.
- noun A continuous extent of time or distance.