Refers to the act of stretching or spreading something, often used in contexts like dough, fabric, or physical extension.
パン生地の伸しが足りない。
The bread dough hasn't been stretched enough.
A swimming stroke; the term is often used in the context of 横泳ぎ (sidestroke).
See also: 横泳ぎ
彼は伸しで長い距離を泳げる。
He can swim long distances using the sidestroke.
I had the suit pressed at the dry cleaner's.
布の伸しを均一にする。
Make the stretching of the cloth even.
伸しは横泳ぎの別名だ。
伸し is another name for the sidestroke.
彼は伸しで長い距離を泳ぐことができる。
He can swim long distances using the sidestroke.
熨斗 (のし) is the decorative folded paper attached to gifts, an unrelated word that happens to share the same reading as 伸し.
flattened rice cakes
promote; raise someone's status; make richer
lean over; bend over; loom over · weigh on; bear heavily on; lie on
Derived from the verb 伸す (のす, 'to stretch, spread'). The swimming sense likely comes from the stretching motion of the stroke.