spin-stretch
1stretch — [n1] expanse amplitude, area, branch, breadth, bridge, compass, dimension, distance, expansion, extension, extent, gamut, length, orbit, proliferation, purview, radius, range, reach, region, scope, space, span, spread, sweep, tract, wing;… …
2spin — O.E. spinnan draw out and twist fibers into thread, from P.Gmc. *spenwanan (Cf. O.N., O.Fris. spinna, Dan. spinde, Du. spinnen, O.H.G. spinnan, Ger. spinnen, Goth. spinnan), from PIE * (s)pen stretch (Cf. Armenian henum I weave, Gk …
3spin — I. verb (spun; spinning) Etymology: Middle English spinnen, from Old English spinnan; akin to Old High German spinnan to spin and perhaps to Lithuanian spęsti to set (a trap) Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to draw out and twist… …
4stretch — 1. verb 1) this material stretches Syn: be elastic, be stretchy, be tensile 2) he stretched the elastic Syn: pull (out), draw out, extend, lengthen, elongate, expand 3) stretch your we …
5spin — [OE] Spin is a general Germanic word, with relatives in German and Dutch spinnen, Swedish spinna, and Danish spinde. It goes back ultimately to a prehistoric Indo European base *spen or *pen ‘stretch’ which also produced English span, Lithuanian… …
6spin — [OE] Spin is a general Germanic word, with relatives in German and Dutch spinnen, Swedish spinna, and Danish spinde. It goes back ultimately to a prehistoric Indo European base *spen or *pen ‘stretch’ which also produced English span, Lithuanian… …
7spin — Synonyms and related words: Charybdis, Sunday drive, advance, airing, angle, angular momentum, angular motion, angular velocity, ascend, axial motion, back, back up, bait the hook, bank, bob, bowling, budge, centrifugate, centrifugation,… …
8stretch — Synonyms and related words: adaptability, adaptable, adaptive, add to, aesthetic distance, aggrandize, airing, amble, amplify, amplitude, and quarter, answer, archery ground, area, athletic field, athletics, augment, avail, badminton court,… …
9stretch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. extend, lengthen, spread, expand, increase; stretch out, sprawl; informal, exaggerate, strain, force. n. expansion, reach, range; length, field, expanse; elasticity; long run, distance, home or… …
10spin out — Synonyms and related words: chatter, continue, dawdle, drag out, draw, draw out, dwell on, elongate, extend, fill out, lengthen, lengthen out, let out, linger on, never finish, pad, perorate, procrastinate, produce, prolong, prolongate, protract …
