How to pronounce “stretching”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• The act by which something is stretched.
• A form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle (or muscle group) is deliberately elongated to its fullest length in order to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle tone.
• [Adjective]
• Requiring a high level of effort or performance.
• [Verb]
• present participle and gerund of stretch

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