STRETCH
\stɹˈɛt͡ʃ], \stɹˈɛtʃ], \s_t_ɹ_ˈɛ_tʃ]\
Definitions of STRETCH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"
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make long or longer by pulling and stretching; "stretch the fabric"
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the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
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an unbroken period of time during which you do something; "there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary"
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occupy a large, elongated area; "The park stretched beneath the train line"
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extension to or beyond the ordinary limit; "running at full stretch"; "by no stretch of the imagination"; "beyond any stretch of his understanding"
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the capacity for being stretched
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a large and unbroken expanse or distance; "a stretch of highway"; "a stretch of clear water"
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easily stretched; "stretch hosiery"
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a straightaway section of a racetrack
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become longer by being stretched and pulled; "The fabric stretches"
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extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly; "Stretch the limits"; "stretch my patience"; "stretch the imagination"
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pull in opposite directions; "During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack"
By Princeton University
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corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"
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make long or longer by pulling and stretching; "stretch the fabric"
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the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
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an unbroken period of time during which you do something; "there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary"
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occupy a large, elongated area; "The park stretched beneath the train line"
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extension to or beyond the ordinary limit; "running at full stretch"; "by no stretch of the imagination"; "beyond any stretch of his understanding"
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(racing) a straightaway section of a racetrack
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the capacity for being stretched
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a large and unbroken expanse or distance; "a stretch of highway"; "a stretch of clear water"
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easily stretched; "stretch hosiery"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To reach out; to extend; to put forth.
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To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope.
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To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings.
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To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly.
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To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle.
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To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one's credit.
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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.
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To extend or spread one's self, or one's limbs; as, the lazy man yawns and stretches.
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To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile substances.
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To strain the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to stretch in his report of facts.
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To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the ship stretched to the eastward.
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Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the imagination.
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A continuous line or surface; a continuous space of time; as, grassy stretches of land.
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The extent to which anything may be stretched.
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The reach or extent of a vessel's progress on one tack; a tack or board.
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Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal.
By Oddity Software
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To draw out to a greater length or width; as, to stretch rubber; hence, to draw tight; as, to stretch a tent; extend or reach out; as, to stretch out the arm; extend between two points; as, to stretch a rope across a street; strain; as, to stretch every nerve; exaggerate; as, to stretch the truth.
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The act of straining or extending; state of being strained or extended; effort; extension; overstrain; a continuous line, space, or time.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To extend: to draw out: to expand: to reach out: to exaggerate, strain, or carry further than is right.
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To be drawn out: to be extended: to extend without breaking.
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Act of stretching: effort: struggle: reach: extension: state of being stretched: utmost extent of meaning: course.
By Daniel Lyons
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Act of stretching; extension; effort; reach; course.
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To be extended or expanded; reach.
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To extend; draw out; expand; reach out.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To draw out; draw tight.
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To extend or be extended; spread; exaggerate.
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An act of streching.
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Extent or reach of that which stretches.
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A continuous extent of space or of time.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. Act of stretching ; extension in length or breadth ; expanse ;-degree to which any thing is stretched ; linear extent, as of a tract of land, or of a body of water ;-force of a body extended ; strain ;-hence, effort; struggle; undue exercise, as of power or authority;-utmost extent, as of meaning; -in navigation, act of tacking or extent of progress made in one tack ; reach ;-in mining, a course or direction, as of seams or veins.