Stretch

[stretʃ] or [strɛtʃ]

Definition

(noun.) extension to or beyond the ordinary limit; 'running at full stretch'; 'by no stretch of the imagination'; 'beyond any stretch of his understanding'.

(noun.) exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent.

(noun.) a straightaway section of a racetrack.

(noun.) the capacity for being stretched.

(noun.) a large and unbroken expanse or distance; 'a stretch of highway'; 'a stretch of clear water'.

(noun.) an unbroken period of time during which you do something; 'there were stretches of boredom'; 'he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary'.

(verb.) extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body; 'Stretch your legs!'; 'Extend your right arm above your head'.

(verb.) extend one's body or limbs; 'Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours'.

(verb.) become longer by being stretched and pulled; 'The fabric stretches'.

(verb.) extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly; 'Stretch the limits'; 'stretch my patience'; 'stretch the imagination'.

(verb.) pull in opposite directions; 'During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack'.

(verb.) lie down comfortably; 'To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass'.

(verb.) occupy a large, elongated area; 'The park stretched beneath the train line'.

(adj.) easily stretched; 'stretch hosiery' .

(adj.) having an elongated seating area; 'a stretch limousine' .

Edited by Josie--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To reach out; to extend; to put forth.

(v. t.) To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope.

(v. t.) To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings.

(v. t.) To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly.

(v. t.) To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle.

(v. t.) To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one's credit.

(v. i.) To be extended; to be drawn out in length or in breadth, or both; to spread; to reach; as, the iron road stretches across the continent; the lake stretches over fifty square miles.

(v. i.) To extend or spread one's self, or one's limbs; as, the lazy man yawns and stretches.

(v. i.) To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile substances.

(v. i.) To strain the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to stretch in his report of facts.

(v. i.) To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the ship stretched to the eastward.

(n.) Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the imagination.

(n.) A continuous line or surface; a continuous space of time; as, grassy stretches of land.

(n.) The extent to which anything may be stretched.

(n.) The reach or extent of a vessel's progress on one tack; a tack or board.

(n.) Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal.

Editor: Pasquale

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Strain, tighten, make tense.[2]. Extend, lengthen, elongate, draw out.[3]. Reach, stretch forth, hold out.[4]. Spread, expand, unfold, display.[5]. Exaggerate, extend too far.

v. n. Extend, reach, be drawn out.

n. [1]. Extent, extension, reach, compass, range.[2]. Effort, struggle, strain, exertion.

Edited by Elise

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Extend, expand, elongate, draw_out, spread, strain, tighten, reach

ANT:Contract, fold, curtail, shrink, shorten

Checker: Peggy

Definition

v.t. to extend: to draw out: to expand: to reach out: to exaggerate strain or carry further than is right: to cause to lie at full length: (slang) to hang.—v.i. to be drawn out: to be extended: to extend without breaking: to exaggerate.—n. act of stretching: effort: struggle: reach: extension: state of being stretched: utmost extent of meaning: course: one single uninterrupted sitting turn &c.: (slang) a year's imprisonment.—ns. Stretch′er anything used for stretching as gloves hats &c.: a frame on which a painter's canvas is stretched by means of wedges forced into the corners: a frame for carrying the sick or dead: a footboard for a rower; Stretch′er-bond a method of building in which bricks or stones are laid lengthwise in successive courses the joints of the one falling at the middle of that above and below; Stretch′ing-course a course of bricks or stones having all the faces outward; Stretch′ing-frame a machine for stretching cotton rovings before being spun into yarn: a frame on which starched fabrics are dried; Stretch′ing-ī′ron a currier's tool for dressing leather.—adj. Stretch′y apt to stretch too much: liable to stretch one's self from weariness.

Typist: Sophie

Examples

Edited by Cecilia

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