elasticize
Make it stretchy
To elasticize is to make something elastic or stretchy, typically by adding elastic material: elasticized waistbands, elasticized cuffs.
The term appears most often in clothing and textiles, describing garments fitted with elastic for comfort or adjustability.
Figuratively, to elasticize rules or standards is to make them more flexible.
Easily bent or influenced
- suppleFlexing without damage
- bendableAble to curve
- limberBending without resistance
- ductileAble to deform permanently
malleable · springy · bendy · whippy · lithe · rubbery · pliable · stretchable
Able to be changed
- modifiableAble to be changed
- customizableAble to be modified
- configurableAble to be adjusted
- tailorableAble to be customized
reconfigurable · accommodating · variable · changeable · alterable · transformable · amendable · scalable
elongate
To make longer
pull · strain · distend · widen · spread · inflate · enlarge · dilate · draw · protract
pliant
Easily bent or influenced
ductile · malleable · springy · bendy · whippy · lithe · rubbery · pliable · stretchable · yielding
adjustable
Able to be changed
- modifiableAble to be changed
- customizableAble to be modified
- configurableAble to be adjusted
tailorable · reconfigurable · accommodating · variable · changeable · alterable · transformable · amendable · scalable · expandable
springback
Elastic return to shape
bounce · rebound · return · restore · durability · toughness · springiness · give · tension · deform
- skin elasticityTissue's capacity to return