Stretch Definition

strĕch
stretched, stretches, stretching
verb
stretched, stretches, stretching
To lengthen, widen, or distend.
Stretched the sweater out of shape.
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To cause (the body or limbs) to reach out to full length, as in yawning, relaxing, or reclining, or in preparing to exercise.
Webster's New World
To hold out or reach out; extend.
To stretch out a helping hand.
Webster's New World
To cause to reach or extend over a given space, distance, or time.
To stretch pipelines across a continent.
Webster's New World
To pull or spread out to full extent or to greater size.
To stretch sheets out to dry.
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noun
stretches
A stretching or being stretched.
Webster's New World
The extent to which something can be stretched.
Webster's New World
An unbroken period; continuous space (of time)
Over a stretch of ten days.
Webster's New World
An unbroken length, tract, or space; continuous extent or distance.
A long stretch of beach.
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A term served in prison under a sentence.
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adjective
Made of elasticized fabric so as to stretch easily and fit closely.
Stretch pants.
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Designating or of a vehicle, esp. a limousine, that has been customized by extending the passenger section to enlarge seating capacity.
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idiom
stretch (one's) legs
  • To go for a walk, especially after a lengthy period of sitting.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Stretch

Noun

Singular:
stretch
Plural:
stretches

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Origin of Stretch

  • From Middle English strecchen, from Old English streÄ‹Ä‹an (“to stretch, hold out, extend, spread out, prostrate"), from Proto-Germanic *strakjanÄ…, *strakkijanÄ… (“to stretch, make taut or tight"), from Proto-Indo-European *streg-, *treg- (“stiff, rigid"). Cognate with Dutch strekken (“to stretch, straighten"), German strecken (“to stretch, straighten, elongate"), Danish strække (“to stretch"), Swedish sträcka (“to stretch"), Dutch strak (“taut, tight"), Albanian shtriqem (“to stretch"). More at stark.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English strecchen from Old English streccan

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Stretch Sentence Examples

  • That's a stretch and a tug.

  • She heard him stretch out on the ground and within minutes his breathing changed.

  • Very little would change in this seventy-year stretch of life.

  • It was a relief to stretch out in a restaurant booth.

  • Before the spark happens lines of electrostatic force stretch from one to the other in curved lines.

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