to grow long (e.g. hair, nails) ②to lengthen ③to reach out ④to straighten

to stretch ②to straighten out ③to spread (of paint, cream, etc.) ④to stretch out (e.g. of a hand)

standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller ②overreaching oneself

to hold out ②to thrust (javelin) ③to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)

growth ②stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up) ③(ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.) ④elongation

extension ②enlargement (e.g. of a photograph)

comfortable

to be sluggish

growth period

room for growth

expansion and contraction

to stretch

to swagger

growth rate

smoothing out wrinkles ②recreation (esp. for the elderly)

stretching ②sidestroke (swimming)

to promote

to stretch out

to stretch out

flattened rice cakes

expansion and contraction

postscript

expansion

stretching

bending and stretching

elastic

elasticity

expansion

temple (in a loom)

rise in market prices

sudden rise (esp. of stock prices)

continuous rise (in market price)

second postscript

protractor muscle

flexible tariff

sliding scale

elasticity

postscript

involute

compander