#stretch
- Stretching machine — A device, machine tool, substance, or person that performs the operation of elongating or driving away (expelling) certain elements. In the textile and metallurgical industries, it denotes the specialized machinery structurally designed to stretch, draw, or thin wires, strips, or metallic profiles through controlled traction, ensuring exact dimensional calibration.
- Stretcher — An instrument, manual device, or technical component used to achieve the elongation, extension, or dimensional calibration of a material through plastic deformation; an object or factor that causes elongation or driving away of an element. In certain crafting contexts, it represents a special tool used by shoemakers or leatherworkers for the controlled stretching of shoe uppers.
- Elongate — To make something become longer in space or time, through stretching, pulling, or developing; to increase the longitudinal dimension of an object. In its second main sense, it means to drive away, expel, or forcefully remove a person, an animal, or a thought from a certain place or community.