Definition of 延び
Words related to 延び
- (v1, vi) to stretch; to extend; to lengthen; to spread
このセーターは伸びてすっかり型崩れしている。
This sweater is all stretched out of shape. - to make progress; to grow (beard, body height)
その猫は高くのびた草を利用してその鳥の方にしのびよった。
The cat took advantage of the high grass to creep on the bird. - to grow stale (soba)
- to be straightened; to be flattened; to be smoothed
- to be exhausted
- to be postponed; to be prolonged
会議は来週までのびた。
The meeting has been put off until next week.
- (n) growth rate; coefficient of extension
産業の伸び率には驚きだ。
I'm amazed by the rate at which industries grow.
Sentences containing 延び
All forms of life have an instinctive urge to survive.
In a time-bound society time is seen as linear- in other words as a straight line extending from the past, through the present, to the future.
We have learned much about survival from lower forms of animal life.