shafts is a form of:
Stretch
noun
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- (a stretching or being stretched, an unbroken length) degree of stretch ការយឺត, stretch of road កំណាត់ផ្លូវ, ផ្នែកមួយ, stretch of 10 years រយៈពេល
- 2.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) ការលាតសន្ធឹងរយៈពេល
verb — past tense: stretched ; past participle: stretched ; present participle: stretching ;
- 1.
- យឺត លាតសន្ធឹង លាតត្រដាង
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (1. To become lengthened, widened, or distended. 2. To extend or reach over a distance or an area or in a given direction: "On both sides of us stretched the wet plain"3. To lie down at full length: stretched out on the bed for a nap. 4. To extend one's muscles or limbs, as after prolonged sitting or on awakening. 5. To extend over a given period of time: "This story stretches over a whole generation") clothes will stretch យឺត, get up and stretch តម្រង់អោយបាត់ស្រពន់ ។ល។, mountains stretch for 100 miles លាតសន្ធឹង, stretch out (on a couch) ដេកសន្ធឹង
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- (TRANSITIVE) (to pull out tightly or into a greater length or extent or size, to be able to be stretched without breaking, to tend to become stretched, to be continuous from a point or between points, to strain to the utmost or beyond a reasonable limit, to become stretched to greater size) stretch a rubber band ធ្វើអោយយឺត, stretch one's legs សណ្ដូក, stretch one's supplies ធ្វើអោយទៅវែងឆ្ងាយ, stretch a rope across សន្ធឹង, stretch the truth ពន្លើស, stretches the imagination ពិបាកយល់ stretch a muscle ធ្វើអោយឈឺចាប់, Don't stretch your shirt! ធ្វើអោយខូច, stretch out (a blanket) លាត, ត្រដាង, stretch out (the legs) សន្ធឹង
Example: Stretch a rope across a path.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the imagination.
- 2.
- A continuous line or surface; a continuous space of time; as, grassy stretches of land.
- 3.
- The extent to which anything may be stretched.
- 4.
- The reach or extent of a vessel's progress on one tack; a tack or board.
- 5.
- Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal.
verb — past tense: stretched ; past participle: stretched ; present participle: stretching ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To reach out; to extend; to put forth.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly.
- 5.
- (TRANSITIVE) To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle.
- 6.
- (TRANSITIVE) To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one's credit.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To be extended; to be drawn out in length or in breadth, or both; to spread; to reach; as, the iron road stretches across the continent; the lake stretches over fifty square miles.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To extend or spread one's self, or one's limbs; as, the lazy man yawns and stretches.
- 9.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile substances.
- 10.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To strain the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to stretch in his report of facts.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the ship stretched to the eastward.
- 1.
- distend, distort, elongate, expand, extend, lengthen, protract, spread, strain
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- contract, shrink, slacken, tighten