Look up: stretching

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   Stretching
   Is the increase of the held duration for assets or liabilities. It can be intentional or the result of slowdowns in prepayments, events, or exercised options.
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   stretching
   [n] - act of expanding by lengthening or widening
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   Stretching
   Any therapeutic maneuver designed to elongate shortened soft tissue structures and thereby increase flexibility.
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   stretching
   forming a three-dimensional component from a flat sheet manually by the use of a hammer Category: Iron and steel industries • the two-dimensional shaping of a sheet metal workpiece by stretching one of its sides by means of hammer blows or by notching with a wedge-shaped tool Category: Iron and steel industries • where -- and sealing operations are combined in a machine, th...
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   Stretching
   Stretch'ing adjective & noun from Stretch , v. Stretching course (Masonry) , a course or series of stretchers. See Stretcher , 2. Britton.
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   Stretching
   `Stretching`, as theorized in literature, is the deliberate act of lengthening of muscles, in order to increase muscle flexibility and/or joint range of motion (Weerapong et al 189-206). Stretching is a natural activity often performed without thinking by most people and many animals, and can simply be pleasurable. It can be accompanied by yawning. Stretching often occurs right after waking from sleep, after long periods of inactivity, or after e...
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   stretching
   (strech´ing) increasing something in one of its dimensions; extending. See exercise.
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   Stretching
   • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stretch • a. & n. from Stretch, v.
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   stretching
   (from the article `fibre, man-made`) The spinning processes described above produce some orientation of the long polymers that form spun filaments. Orientation is completed by ...
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    stretching
    
    1. act of expanding by lengthening or widening
    2. exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
    3. occupy a large, elongated area
    4. extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body
    5. lie down comfortably
    6. pull in opposite directions
    7. extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly
    8. corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often...
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