unstretchv.
transitive and intransitive. To relax, slacken.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [verb (transitive)] > make slack or not tense
resolvea1398
remit?1518
slacken1611
unstretch1611
unstrain1616
ease1627
relieve1814
untighten1836
the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [verb (intransitive)] > be or become slack or not tense
relax?a1425
slack1577
relaxate1598
slacken1850
unstretch1888
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Destendre, to vnbend, slacken, vnstretch.
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 752 The mechanism by which the strings of a violin are stretched or unstretched.
1888 London, Edinb., & Dublin Philos. Mag. 5th Ser. 25 109 An annealed iron wire which is being heated when..it is stretched by a slight weight..suddenly unstretches.
Derivatives
unˈstretching n.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [noun] > lack of tension or slackness > making or becoming
easing1580
remission1580
unstretching1611
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Destenture, an vnbending, vnstretching, slackening.
1844 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 7 365 The consequent stretching and unstretching [of the rope].
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