Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
strengthen
strengthening
strenuous
strenuousness
streptomycin
stress
stress-mark
stretch
stretch out
stretcher
stretcher-bearer
stretcher-bond
stretcher-party
strew
stria
striated
stricken
strickle
strict
strictness
stricture
stride
stridency
New English–Irish Dictionary has an entry for
stretch »
stretch1, s. 1 a Síneadh m, leathadh m. Stretch of the arm, síneadh na láimhe. Rac: At full stretch, (ag imeacht) sínte, sna featha fásaigh. b Tarraingt f, rí f, síneadh. F: By a stretch of the imagination, le hiarracht den tsamhlaíocht. c Raon m, réise f (láimhe). Stretch of wing, spré sciatháin. d Tabhairt f, ligean m, soshínteacht f. 2 a Réimse m (tíre, farraige); stráice m (abhann). Level stretch of road, stiall f de bhóthar cothrom. Rac: The (home-)stretch, an starr dheireanach. b For a long period of time, ar feadh achair fhada. At a stretch, gan stad; d'aon iarraidh. Three hours at a stretch, trí huaire as a chéile. P: He is doing a stretch, tá sé ar leaba chláir.
stretch2 . 1 v.tr. a Sínim, rím (rópa); fairsingím, leathaim (bróg). b To stretch (oneself), tú féin a shearradh. To stretch one's legs, do chosa a shíneadh. Stretched on the ground, sínte ar an talamh. c Cuirim thar a riocht. To stretch the sense of a word, casadh a bhaint as brí focail. To stretch a privilege, buannaíocht a dhéanamh ar phribhléid. F: To stretch a point, géilleadh beagán ar phointe. To stretch the truth, áibhéil a dhéanamh. 2 v.i. a Tagann as, leathann, síneann. Material that stretches, éadach a bhfuil teacht as ann. b Leathann, síneann (taobh tíre, etc.) (amach). The valley stretches westward, tá an gleann ag síneadh siar uait.
RELATED MATCHES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
He stretched forth his hand, shín sé amach a lámh.
To over-stretch a spring, sprionga a tharraingt rómhór, a rótharraingt.
To stretch s.o. out (on the ground), (i) duine a shíneadh ar an talamh; (ii) crúbadán a dhéanamh de dhuine; leithead a dhroma den talamh a thabhairt do duine.
To stretch out to reach sth., do lámh a shíneadh (amach) le breith ar rud.
