stretching

  1. Noun.  A form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle (or muscle group) is deliberately elongated to its fullest length in order to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle tone.
  2. Verb.  (present participle of, stretch) .

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