duỗi
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Definition
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.
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
- to stretch; to extend
- duá»—i tay rato stretch out one's hand