Definitions
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- adjective Capable of being
stretched .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective capable of being easily stretched and resuming former size or shape
Etymologies
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Examples
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It's hard to give dimensions for these animals, because their bodies are very stretchable.
Archive 2009-09-01 AYDIN 2009
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Disguising himself by remolding his face and donning cool goggles and a patently ridiculous stretchable leotard (with a distinctive black and yellow striped belt), he becomes the crime fighter Plastic Man!
Plastic Man: The Complete Collection » DVDs Worth Watching 2009
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Two more gowns later -- Nicole Miller finally won -- Alicia was saved "from having to put on the stretchable black jersey number that I have worn nine years in a row."
Reporter's Notebook: Discount Fashion Comes at a Cost Elizabeth Williamson 2011
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It's hard to give dimensions for these animals, because their bodies are very stretchable.
Bipalium adventitium AYDIN 2009
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Reportedly, "the headlights open like eyes from behind the stretchable fabric, which shifts at speed to make the car more aerodynamic."
The Batmobile: Actual Custom Built Life Sized Cars Lou Anders 2008
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• Relaxin from your ovaries relaxes and softens your ligaments, cartilage, and cervix, making these tissues more stretchable during pregnancy and letting your pelvic joints spread during birth.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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Gregor's rebirth into the insect world is strikingly orchestrated as well: Milosich emerges from the stretchable white fabric on Gregor's bed, as if springing from a chrysalis.
Theater: Peter Marks on 'Kafka's Metamorphosis' by Synetic Theater 2010
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A hormone from your ovaries that relaxes and softens your ligaments, cartilage, and cervix, making these tissues more stretchable during pregnancy and letting your pelvic joints spread during birth.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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Relaxin from your ovaries relaxes and softens your ligaments, cartilage, and cervix, making these tissues more stretchable during pregnancy and letting your pelvic joints spread during birth.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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A hormone from your ovaries that relaxes and softens your ligaments, cartilage, and cervix, making these tissues more stretchable during pregnancy and letting your pelvic joints spread during birth.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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