Definition

1. Verb:

   • To stretch: To make a part of the body, or the body itself, straight and taut after it has been bent or relaxed.
   • To extend: To straighten out or lengthen something, typically a limb.

2. Verb (extended usage):

   • To relax (muscles): To release tension from muscles, allowing them to become less rigid.
   • To straighten (an object): To make a flexible or bent object become straight.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Sau khi ngồi lâu, tôi đứng dậy duỗi chân. (After sitting for a long time, I stood up to stretch my legs.)
  • Con mèo duỗi người ra nắng. (The cat stretched its body in the sun.)
  • Anh ấy duỗi tay lấy quyển sách trên giá. (He extended his hand to get the book on the shelf.)

Advanced Usage

• "duỗi thẳng": to straighten out completely.

  • Hãy duỗi thẳng lưng khi ngồi. (Please straighten your back when sitting.)

• "duỗi mình": to stretch oneself (often upon waking or resting).

  • Buổi sáng, nó thường duỗi mình và ngáp. (In the morning, it often stretches itself and yawns.)

Variants and Related Words

• Duỗi ra (v): to stretch out, to extend outward.
  • Cành cây duỗi ra trên mặt hồ. (The tree branch stretched out over the lake.)

Synonyms

• Stretch: To lengthen or straighten.
• Extend: To cause to reach out in space.
• Straighten: To make or become straight.
• Unbend: To make something straight.

Related Idioms

• Chân co chân duỗi: (Literally: one leg bent, one leg stretched) A state of relaxation or casual repose; also can imply having some flexibility or room to maneuver in a situation.
  • Cuối tuần, tôi chỉ thích nằm ở nhà với trạng thái chân co chân duỗi. (On weekends, I just like to lie at home in a state of complete relaxation.)

verb

1. to stretch; to extend
   • duá»—i tay ra
     to stretch out one's hand