English-Swedish translations for stretch

tänjaAtt bränna avfall och kalla det för materialutnyttjande är att tänja sin fantasi till det yttersta.Burning waste and calling it recovery is stretching the imagination to the extreme. Parlamentet har traditionellt tagit fördragen och försökt tänja på dem som ett gummiband.Parliament has traditionally taken the treaties and tried to stretch them like a piece of elastic. Egentligen är vi beredda att tänja något på våra normer i den vitryska befolkningens intresse.We are in fact prepared to stretch our standards a little in the interests of the people of Belarus.
sträckaen
Det är alltså till detta andra Iran som vi ska försöka att sträcka ut en hand.It is to this other Iran, then, that we should try to stretch out a hand. Südbahn i Österrike är en gammal sträcka, och den har också regional betydelse.The southern railway in Austria is an old stretch of line and is of regional importance. Margarethen eller inte, en vägsträcka på mindre 15 kilometer, en mycket kort sträcka.Margarethen, which involves a stretch of road of less than 15 kilometres, a very short distance.

töja
spänna
stretcha
utsträckningFöretagen tror i stor utsträckning på försämrad lönsamhet under de kommande åren.

To lengthen by pulling
To lengthen when pulled
To pull tight
To get more use than expected from a limited resource
To make inaccurate by exaggeration
To extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point
To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles
To extend to a limit point
To increase
To stretch the truth; to exaggerate
To sail by the wind under press of canvas
To execute by hanging
An act of stretching. but not in all senses? --
The ability to lengthen when pulled
A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration
A segment of a journey or route
A segment or length of material
A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it
The homestretch, the final straight section of the track leading to the finish
A stretch limousine

I stretched the rubber band until it almost broke
The rubber band stretched almost to the breaking point
First, stretch the skin over the frame of the drum
I managed to stretch my coffee supply a few more days
To say crossing the street was brave is stretching the meaning of "brave" considerably
The beach stretches from Cresswell to Amble
Cats stretch with equal ease and agility beyond the point that breaks a man on the rack
I always stretch my muscles before exercising
His mustache stretched all the way to his sideburns
a man apt to stretch in his report of facts
The ship stretched to the eastward.
I was right in the middle of a stretch when the phone rang.
That rubber band has quite a bit of stretch.
Its a bit of a stretch to call Boris Karloff a comedian.
To say crossing the street was brave was quite a stretch.
It was an easy trip except for the last stretch, which took forever.
Its a tough stretch of road in the winter, especially without chains.
a stretch of cloth
There is a grand stretch in the evenings.
He did a seven-year stretch in jail.

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