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1 stretch
[stre ] 1. verb1) (to make or become longer or wider especially by pulling or by being pulled: She stretched the piece of elastic to its fullest extent; His scarf was so long that it could stretch right across the room; This material stretches; The dog yawned and stretched (itself); He stretched (his arm/hand) up as far as he could, but still could not reach the shelf; Ask someone to pass you the jam instead of stretching across the table for it.) []stiept; stiepties2) ((of land etc) to extend: The plain stretched ahead of them for miles.) stiepties; plesties2. noun1) (an act of stretching or state of being stretched: He got out of bed and had a good stretch.) []staipīšanās; []stiepšana2) (a continuous extent, of eg a type of country, or of time: a pretty stretch of country; a stretch of bad road; a stretch of twenty years.) nogabals; posms; periods•- stretchy
- at a stretch
- be at full stretch
- stretch one's legs
- stretch out* * *izstiepšanās; izstiepšana; saspīlējums, spriegums; elastīgums; pārspīlējums; laika sprīdis; izplatījums; ieslodzījuma laiks; distance; izstiept; izstiepties; stiepties, plesties; ilgt; pieļaut; izklāt; atšķaidīt; pakārt; elastīgs -
2 stretch one's legs
(to go for a walk for the sake of exercise: I need to stretch my legs.) pastaigāties; izlocīt kājas -
3 stretch of authority
varas robežu pārkāpšana -
4 stretch of imagination
fantāzijas lidojums -
5 stretch of open country
klajums -
6 stretch socks
bezizmēra zeķes -
7 stretch out
(in moving the body, to straighten or extend: She stretched out a hand for the child to hold; He stretched (himself) out on the bed.) izstiept; izstiepties -
8 at a stretch
(continuously: He can't work for more than three hours at a stretch.) bez pārtraukuma; bez apstājas* * *bez pārtraukuma; no vietas -
9 at full stretch
pilnā sparā -
10 home stretch
pēdējā taisne -
11 nerves on the stretch
saspīlēti nervi -
12 to stretch a point
pieļaut izņēmumu, neievērot noteikumus -
13 to stretch hemp
tikt pakārtam -
14 to stretch one's legs
izstiept kājas; pastaigāties; izlocīt kājas -
15 to stretch one's legs under somebody's mahogany
baudīt kāda viesmīlībuEnglish-Latvian dictionary > to stretch one's legs under somebody's mahogany
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16 to stretch oneself
izstaipīties -
17 to stretch somebody to the ground
nogāzt kādu gar zemiEnglish-Latvian dictionary > to stretch somebody to the ground
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18 to stretch somebody's patience
pārbaudīt kāda pacietību -
19 to stretch the truth
pārspīlēt -
20 be at full stretch
(to be using all one's powers, energy etc to the limit in doing something.) pielikt visas pūles
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