Stretch
Meaning of Stretch
verb
- (of something soft or elastic) be made or be capable of being made longer or wider without tearing or breaking.
my jumper stretched in the wash
rubber will stretch easily when pulled
- straighten or extend one's body or a part of one's body to its full length, typically so as to tighten one's muscles or in order to reach something.
the cat yawned and stretched
I stretched out a weary arm to turn on my radio
stretching my cramped legs
we lay stretched out on the sand
- extend or spread over an area or period of time.
the beach stretches for over four miles
the long hours of night stretched ahead of her
- make great demands on the capacity or resources of.
the cost of the court case has stretched their finances to the limit
- an act of stretching one's limbs or body.
I got up and had a stretch
- a continuous area or expanse of land or water.
a treacherous stretch of road
- a stretch limo.
a chauffeur-driven stretch
Old English streccan, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch strekken and German strecken . The noun dates from the late 16th century.
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Hyphenation of Stretch
Stretch
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- Stretch is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Stretch synonyms
Meaning reach:
Meaning stretching:
Meaning stint:
Meaning stretchiness:
Meaning extend:
Meaning unfold:
Meaning elongate:
Meaning adulterate:
Meaning make or become straight:
Meaning make or become straight from a bent or twisted form or position:
Meaning lean or lie back in a relaxed position with the back supported:
Meaning spread out over a large area in an untidy or irregular way:
Meaning lie, sit, or stand in a relaxed or lazy way:
Meaning sit, lie, or stand in a lazy, relaxed way:
Meaning open out (something) so as to extend its surface area, width, or length:
Meaning persist in an activity or process:
Meaning vary or extend between specified limits:
Meaning open or cause to open out from a rolled-up state:
Meaning put something on top of or in front of (something), especially in order to protect or conceal it:
Meaning (of a bridge, arch, etc.) extend from side to side of:
Meaning require to pay too much tax:
Meaning make (something) too long:
Meaning cause the water or other liquid in (something) to run out, leaving it empty or dry:
Meaning gradually weaken or destroy (a person's strength or power):
Meaning extend or stretch out (something, especially a hand or arm):
Meaning an offer or proposal:
Meaning an expression of readiness to do or give something if desired:
Meaning the extent or length of reaching out:
Meaning a wide continuous area of something:
Meaning a region or part of a town, a country, or the world:
Meaning an area of land, typically a large one:
Meaning a strip or encircling area that is different in nature or composition from its surroundings:
Meaning a long, typically curved stretch of road, river, or land:
Meaning the area covered by something:
Meaning the measurement or extent of something from end to end; the greater of two or the greatest of three dimensions of an object:
Meaning the length of the space between two points:
Stretch antonyms
Meaning remove or take away (something) from a particular place or position:
Words that rhyme with Stretch
etch, axfetch, farfetch, fetch, refetch, thetch, ketch, resketch, sketch, Fletch, Letch, cletch, fletch, letch, Sanetch, knetch, photoetch, spetch, afterstretch, backstretch, dretch, homestretch, outstretch, overstretch, prestretch, restretch, retch, stretch, unstretch, upstretch, wretch, mistetch, quarterstetch, stetch, tetch, quetch, deervetch, kvetch, milkvetch, vetch
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