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Stretch Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Stretch? [n] the act of physically reaching or thrusting out [n] extension to or beyond the ordinary limit; "running at full stretch"; "by no stretch of the imagination"; "beyond any stretch of his understanding" [n] exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent [n] (racing) a straightaway section of a racetrack [n] the capacity for being stretched [n] a large and unbroken expanse or distance; "a stretch of highway"; "a stretch of clear water" [n] an unbroken period of time during which you do something; "there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary" [adj] easily stretched; "stretch hosiery" [v] extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body; "Stretch your legs!"; "Extend your right arm above your head" [v] extend one's body or limbs; "Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours" [v] increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance; "stretch the soup by adding some more cream"; "extend the casserole with a little rice" [v] become longer by being stretched and pulled; "The fabric stretches" [v] make long or longer by pulling and stretching; "stretch the fabric" [v] corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor" [v] extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly; "Stretch the limits"; "stretch my patience"; "stretch the imagination" [v] pull in opposite directions; "During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack" [v] lie down comfortably; "To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass" [v] extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna" [v] occupy a large, elongated area; "The park stretched beneath the train line" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Stretch: elastic \| elongate \| extend \| extend \| extend \| reach \| reaching \| stint \| stretch along \| stretch out \| stretchability \| stretchiness \| stretching \| unfold Related Terms \| Find terms related to Stretch: See Also \| be \| broaden \| change form \| change shape \| continuance \| corrupt \| crane \| deform \| doctor \| doctor up \| draw \| duration \| elasticity \| exercise \| exercising \| expanse \| extension \| force \| give \| grow \| homestretch \| increase \| lengthen \| lie \| lie down \| motility \| motion \| move \| move \| movement \| outreach \| pandiculation \| physical exercise \| physical exertion \| pull \| pull back \| racecourse \| racetrack \| raceway \| slack \| sophisticate \| spoil \| spread-eagle \| straight \| straightaway \| strain \| stretch out \| tense \| tense up \| track \| water down \| widen \| workout \| yield Stretch In Webster's Dictionary \Stretch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stretched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stretching}.] [OE. strecchen, AS. streccan; akin to D. strekken, G. strecken, OHG. strecchen, Sw. str["a]cka, Dan. str[ae]kke; cf. AS. str[ae]ck, strec, strong, violent, G. strack straight; of uncertain origin, perhaps akin to E. strong. Cf. {Straight}.] 1. To reach out; to extend; to put forth. And stretch forth his neck long and small. --Chaucer. I in conquest stretched mine arm. --Shak. 2. To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope. 3. To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings. 4. To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly. The ox hath therefore stretched his yoke in vain. --Shak. 5. To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle. Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve. --Doddridge. 6. To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one's credit. They take up, one day, the most violent and stretched prerogative. --Burke. \Stretch\, v. i. 1. 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. As far as stretcheth any ground. --Gower. 2. To extend or spread one's self, or one's limbs; as, the lazy man yawns and stretches. 3. To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile substances. The inner membrane . . . because it would stretch and yield, remained umbroken. --Boyle. 4. To strain the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to stretch in his report of facts. [Obs. or Colloq.] 5. (Naut.) To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the ship stretched to the eastward. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Stretch out}, an order to rowers to extend themselves forward in dipping the oar. \Stretch\, n. 1. Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the imagination. By stretch of arms the distant shore to gain. --Dryden. Those put a lawful authority upon the stretch, to the abuse of yower, under the color of prerogative. --L'Estrange. 2. A continuous line or surface; a continuous space of time; as, grassy stretches of land. A great stretch of cultivated country. --W. Black. But all of them left me a week at a stretch. --E. Eggleston. 3. The extent to which anything may be stretched. Quotations, in their utmost stretch, can signify no more than that Luther lay under severe agonies of mind. --Atterbury. This is the utmost stretch that nature can. --Granville. 4. (Naut.) The reach or extent of a vessel's progress on one tack; a tack or board. 5. Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal. {To be on the stretch}, to be obliged to use one's utmost powers. {Home stretch}. See under {Home}, a.

Stretch Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Stretch?

[n] the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
[n] extension to or beyond the ordinary limit; "running at full stretch"; "by no stretch of the imagination"; "beyond any stretch of his understanding"
[n] exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
[n] (racing) a straightaway section of a racetrack
[n] the capacity for being stretched
[n] a large and unbroken expanse or distance; "a stretch of highway"; "a stretch of clear water"
[n] an unbroken period of time during which you do something; "there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary"
[adj] easily stretched; "stretch hosiery"
[v] extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body; "Stretch your legs!"; "Extend your right arm above your head"
[v] extend one's body or limbs; "Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours"
[v] increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance; "stretch the soup by adding some more cream"; "extend the casserole with a little rice"
[v] become longer by being stretched and pulled; "The fabric stretches"
[v] make long or longer by pulling and stretching; "stretch the fabric"
[v] corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"
[v] extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly; "Stretch the limits"; "stretch my patience"; "stretch the imagination"
[v] pull in opposite directions; "During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack"
[v] lie down comfortably; "To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass"
[v] extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna"
[v] occupy a large, elongated area; "The park stretched beneath the train line"

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Stretch In Webster's Dictionary

\Stretch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stretched}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Stretching}.] [OE. strecchen, AS. streccan; akin to D.
strekken, G. strecken, OHG. strecchen, Sw. str["a]cka, Dan.
str[ae]kke; cf. AS. str[ae]ck, strec, strong, violent, G.
strack straight; of uncertain origin, perhaps akin to E.
strong. Cf. {Straight}.]
1. To reach out; to extend; to put forth.

         And stretch forth his neck long and small.
                                               --Chaucer.

         I in conquest stretched mine arm.     --Shak.

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

3. To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as,
   to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings.

4. To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly.

         The ox hath therefore stretched his yoke in vain.
                                               --Shak.

5. To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to
   stretch a tendon or muscle.

         Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve.  --Doddridge.

6. To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the
   truth; to stretch one's credit.

         They take up, one day, the most violent and
         stretched prerogative.                --Burke.


\Stretch\, v. i.
1. 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.

         As far as stretcheth any ground.      --Gower.

2. To extend or spread one's self, or one's limbs; as, the
   lazy man yawns and stretches.

3. To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as
   elastic or ductile substances.

         The inner membrane . . . because it would stretch
         and yield, remained umbroken.         --Boyle.

4. To strain the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to
   stretch in his report of facts. [Obs. or Colloq.]

5. (Naut.) To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the
   ship stretched to the eastward. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.

{Stretch out}, an order to rowers to extend themselves
   forward in dipping the oar.


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

         By stretch of arms the distant shore to gain.
                                               --Dryden.

         Those put a lawful authority upon the stretch, to
         the abuse of yower, under the color of prerogative.
                                               --L'Estrange.

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

         A great stretch of cultivated country. --W. Black.

         But all of them left me a week at a stretch. --E.
                                               Eggleston.

3. The extent to which anything may be stretched.

         Quotations, in their utmost stretch, can signify no
         more than that Luther lay under severe agonies of
         mind.                                 --Atterbury.

         This is the utmost stretch that nature can.
                                               --Granville.

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

5. Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal.

{To be on the stretch}, to be obliged to use one's utmost
   powers.

{Home stretch}. See under {Home}, a.

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