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/strˈɛtʃɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Stretch v. t. (past & past part. stretched; pres. part. stretching)

1.

To reach out; to extend; to put forth. "And stretch forth his neck long and small." "I in conquest stretched mine arm."

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."

5.

To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle. "Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve."

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."

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."

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."

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.

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

adjective

Stretching adj. A. & n. from Stretch, v.

Stretching course (Masonry), a course or series of stretchers. See Stretcher, 2.

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Etymology of 'Stretching'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Stretching" Quotes from Famous Books

... stretching out ahead of her in a series of exciting events. At the breakfast table her father told her that Hilda would stay on General Drake's case, and that she had better have Emily Bridges ...

— The Tin Soldier • Temple Bailey

... of which the Buchers, like all German families, were extremely fond. A rendezvous would be made for dinner, for instance, at some attractive spot up the Elbe. It would be a walking trip from Loschwitz along the winding banks or up on a higher path stretching from one smooth, low-lying hilltop to another. Everywhere the invigorating odor of pine lay in the air. The company assembled by twos or singly at their convenience during the late afternoon. Generally the Herr would be last. And when he was spied ...

— Villa Elsa - A Story of German Family Life • Stuart Henry

... too grave a one for the surgeons of the field hospital. In after years, that ambulance journey into Kroonstad seemed branded upon Weldon's memory: the baking heat of the February sun, the interminable miles of dusty road stretching away between other interminable miles of grassy veldt, scarred and seamed here and there with ridges of naked rock. And at last the ambulance had jogged into Kroonstad, only to find that no help lay in the hospital ...

— On the Firing Line • Anna Chapin Ray and Hamilton Brock Fuller

... possession of it. Cabot's voyages had created little impression, for he had returned from them empty-handed; instead of finding the passage to the Indies which he sought, he had discovered nothing but an inconvenient and apparently worthless barrier stretching across the way, and for many years the great continent was regarded only in that light, and such explorations as were made were with the one object of getting through it or around it. In fact, as late as 1787, opinion in Europe was divided as to ...

— American Men of Action • Burton E. Stevenson

... behind. The object of his journey, Musardu, the chief city of the Western Mandingoes, was at length reached, just on the edge of the primeval forest. Beyond lies a vast plateau covered with tall grass, showing here and there a solitary palm, and stretching away to the head waters of the Niger. The climate is wholesome, the air bracing, and ...

— History of Liberia - Johns Hopkins University Studies In Historical And Political Science • J.H.T. McPherson

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