strecchen
Middle English
/ˈstrɛtʃən/
verb
Definitions
- To stretch out, spread, extend
- To stretch, smoothen
- To reach, project, be located out to a point
- (figurative) To extend to, include, apply
- (figurative) To reach, attain
- (auxillary) To be able to, to do
- To go, travel
Etymology
Inherited from Old English streċċan (stretch, spread out, prostrate, extend, hold out).
Origin
Old English
streċċan
Gloss
stretch, spread out, prostrate, extend, hold out
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- astretch English
- backstretch English
- electrostretch English
- forestretch English
- frontstretch English
- homestretch English
- hyperstretch English
- mechanostretch English
- microstretch English
- midstretch English
- nonstretch English
- outstretch English
- overstretch English
- prestretch English
- restretch English
- stretch English
- stretch limousine English
- stretchability English
- stretchable English
- stretcher English
- stretchest English
- stretcheth English
- stretching English
- stretchless English
- stretchy English
- unstretch English
- streċċan Old English
- streight Middle English
- streĉi Esperanto
- *strakkjan gmw-pro