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restretching

restretching is the present participle and gerund of restretch.

Meaning of restretch

Verb

restretch (third-person singular simple present restretches, present participle restretching, simple past and past participle restretched)

  1. To stretch again or anew.
    • One of the best descriptions of the often indecipherable look of the work comes from José Coronado, the costume designer, who has compared the dancers in motion to rubber bands stretching and restretching.2007 May 3, Jennifer Dunning, “In the Swirl of Bodies, a Flurry of Emotions”, in New York Times

Questions about restretching

What is restretching the present participle and gerund of?
Restretching is the present participle and gerund of restretch.

Words near restretching in the dictionary

  1. restresses
  2. restressing
  3. restretch
  4. restretched
  5. restretches
  6. restretching
  7. restricken
  8. restrict
  9. restrictability
  10. restrictable
  11. restrictase

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Adapted from Wiktionary: restretching (page history and authors); restretch (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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