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antistretch

adj

Etymology

From anti- + stretch.

  1. derived from *(s)treg-✻
  2. inherited from *strakkjan✻ — “to stretch, make taut or tight”
  3. inherited from streċċan — “to stretch, hold out, extend, spread out, prostrate”
  4. inherited from strecchen
  5. prefixed as antistretch — “anti + stretch”

Definitions

  1. Preventing or countering stretching.

    • an antistretch fabric

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA