The act by which something is stretched.
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.
Requiring a high level of effort or performance.
The process of making something, or becoming, thick or viscous.
A thickened part of a structure.
A substance, usually a source of starch, used to thicken a sauce.
Beginning to thicken, becoming thicker.