ˈstretʃə
1stret — stret·to; stret·ta; …
2stret|ta — «STREHT tah», noun, plural te « tay», tas. Music. 1. a passage, especially a final passage, performed in quicker or accelerated time for climactic effect, a device often used in oratorio and opera. 2. stretto in a fugue or canon. ╂[< Italian… …
3stret|to — «STREHT toh», noun, plural ti « tee», tos. Music. 1. a) (in a fugue or canon) an overlapping of subject and answer so as to produce a rapidly cumulative effect. b) the third section of the fugue, after exposition and development, in which this… …
4stret — obs. and dial. variant of strait a …
5stret-pegging — an angling technique used in flowing water. Weights are spread evenly along the line or concentrated near the float but a long unweighted section of line is left near the hook. The baited hook then can rise in the water if the float is held back… …
6stretta — stret·ta …
7stretto — stret·to …
8Stretching — Stret|ching 〈[ strɛ̣tʃıŋ] n. 15; Sp.〉 Streck , Dehnungsübung zum Muskeltraining [engl., „das Strecken“] * * * Stret|ching [ strɛt̮ʃɪŋ], das; s: aus Dehnungsübungen bestehende Gymnastik. * * * Strẹtching [zu Stretch] das, s, Sport und He …
9stretch*/*/ — [stretʃ] verb I 1) [I/T] if you stretch something, or if it stretches, it becomes longer or wider when you pull it Can you stretch the material a little?[/ex] My jumper stretched the first time I washed it.[/ex] 2) [T] to pull something so that… …
10stretta — /stret euh/, n., pl. strette /stret ay/, strettas. Music. a concluding passage played at a faster tempo. [1875 80; < It; fem. of STRETTO] * * * …
