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stretch

English

🔊 easily stretched
“stretch hosiery”
🔊 extension to or beyond the ordinary limit
“running at full stretch”
🔊 exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
🔊 a straightaway section of a racetrack
🔊 the capacity for being stretched
🔊 a large and unbroken expanse or distance
“a stretch of highway”
🔊 an unbroken period of time during which you do something
“there were stretches of boredom”
🔊 the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
🔊 extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body
“Stretch your legs!”
🔊 extend one's body or limbs
“Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours”
🔊 become longer by being stretched and pulled
“The fabric stretches”
🔊 extend the scope or meaning of
“Stretch the limits”
🔊 pull in opposite directions
“During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack”
🔊 lie down comfortably
“To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass”
🔊 occupy a large, elongated area
“The park stretched beneath the train line”
🔊 increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance
“stretch the soup by adding some more cream”
🔊 make long or longer by pulling and stretching
“stretch the fabric”
🔊 extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
“Unfold the newspaper”
🔊 corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
“adulterate liquor”