Meaning of "stretch"

stretch •

v.
• • 1. to draw out, to extend: magbuka, ibuka, mag-unat, iunat, magbanat, banatin
  • 2. to extend ones body or limbs: mag-inat, uminat, dumipa, idipa
  • 3. to reach out, to hold out: mag-abot, umabot, iabot, abutin, dumukwang, idukwang, dukwangin
  • 4. to draw tight, to strain: magbanat, mabanat, banatin
  • 5. to draw out to greater length or size: bumanat, mabanat, banatin, humatak, mahatak, hatakin
  • 6. to continue over a distance, to extend from one place to another, to fill space, to spread: umabot, paabutin
  • 7. to stretch the arm in order to get something: dumukwang
  • 8. to exaggerate (coll.): magpalabis, palabisin, magpasobra, pasobrahin
  • 9. to enlarge: magpalaki, palakihin

n.
• • 1. unbroken length: haba, kahabaan
  • 2. extent: lawak, kalawakan, lapad, kalaparan

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spread

v.
• • 1. to stretch out, open out: umunat, iunat, magbuka, ibuka
  • 2. to extend, lie: maglatag, lumatag, ilatag, malatag, latagan
  • 3. to cover with a thin layer: magpahid, pahiran
  • 4. to put on in a thin layer: ipahid
  • 5. to scatter, distribute: magkalat, kumalat, ikalat, magpalaganap, lumaganap, palaganapin
  • 6. to move farther apart: magbuka, ibuka
  • 7. to set a table for a meal: maghanda ng mesa, ihanda ang mesa, maghain
  • 8. to spread oneself means to try to make a good impression: magpasikat
  • 9. to display ones abilities fully: magpakita (magpamalas) ng kakayahan
  • 10. to brag: maghambog, magmagaling
  • 11. to spread something in the sun to dry, e.g., rice, clothes, etc.: magbilad, ibilad

n.
• • 1. width: lapad
  • 2. extent: lawak, saklaw
  • 3. covering for a bed: kubrekama
  • 4. covering for a table: mantel
  • 5. something to spread on bread, etc.: pamahid
  • 6. food put on the table, a feast: hain, pagkaing nakahain, handa, bangkete

pull

v.
• • 1. to pluck, to extract: bumunot, bunutin, bunutan
  • 2. to draw, to haul, to drag, to tug: humila, hilahin, bumatak, batakin
  • 3. to draw out: dumukot, dukutin
  • 4. to stretch, strain, pull taut: bumanat, banatin, mag-unat, unatin
  • 5. the act of pulling: hila, paghila, batak, pagbatak, haltak, paghaltak, hatak, paghatak
  • 6. a drawing out: dukot, pagdukot, bunot, pagbunot
  • 7. a pulling up: bunot, pagbunot
  • 8. to pull out means to open forcibly: humaltak, haltakin, bumaltak, baltakin
  • 9. to draw out, to pull up, to uproot: dumukot, dukutin, bumunot, magbunot, bunutin

reach

v.
• • 1. to get to, to arrive at, to come to: dumating, sumapit, masapit, sapitin
  • 2. to hold out in order to be taken, to give or pass by handing: mag-abot, abutan, iabot
  • 3. to stretch, to extend: umabot, makaabot, paabutin
  • 4. to touch, to put a hand on: maabot, makaabot
  • 5. to amount to, be equal to: umabot, abutin

n.
• • 1. range, power, capacity: abot, kaya, kakayahan, kapasidad
  • 2. the extent or distance of reaching: abot
  • 3. a long stretch or extent: lawak, kalawakan

sweep

v.
• • 1. to clean or clear a floor, etc. with a broom, to brush: magwalis, walisan
  • 2. to remove with a sweeping motion, carry along: tumangay, matangay, tangayin

n.
• • a stretch, continuous extent: lawak, kalawakan

lagoon

n.
• • a small, shallow stretch of water: lawa, pulilan, dagat-dagatan

plain

adj.
• • 1. clear, easy to understand, easily seen or heard: maliwanag, malinaw
  • 2. without ornament: simple, payak
  • 3. all of one color: liso, linso
  • 4. not rich: karaniwan, simple, di marangya
  • 5. common, ordinary, simple in manner: pangkaraniwan, simple
  • 6. not pretty: karaniwan (pangkaraniwan) ang ganda, hindi maganda
  • 7. frank, honest, sincere: tapat, matapat
  • 8. flat, level: pantay, patag
  • 9. smooth: makinis

n.
• • a flat stretch of land: kapatagan plain-clothes man a detective: detektib, sekreta, tiktik

inat

v.
• • mag-inat, uminat (mag-, -um-) to stretch (oneself). Naginat siya at naghikab dahil sa pagod. He stretched himself and yawned because of fatigue.

unat

adj.
• • straightened out, stretched out mag-unat, unatin, iunat (mag:-in, i-)

v.
• • to stretch, to straighten or smooth out, to press, to iron. Nag-unat siya pagkagising kanina. He stretched when he woke up.

tawid

n.
• • crossing, act of crossing or going across (a street, river, stretch of country) tumawid, tawirin, itawid (-um-:in: i-)

v.
• • to take across, to help someone cross the street. Itawid mo ang bulag. Help the blind man across the street.

batak

v.
• • bumatak, batakin (-um-:in) to pull, to stretch [var. baltak]. Batakin mo ang lubid. Stretch the rope.

banat

n.
• • a strike, sock, bow or stroke to hit something, a pull to stretch banat

adj.
• • taut, stretched

v.
• • magbanat, banatin (mag-:-in) to pull, to stretch. Banatin mo ang iyong buto sa trabaho. Stretch your bones with some work.