English- translations for stretch
Definition of stretch
- To lengthen by pulling
- To lengthen when pulled
- To pull tight
- To get more use than expected from a limited resource
- To make inaccurate by exaggeration
- To extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point
- To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles
- To extend to a limit point
- To increase
- To stretch the truth; to exaggerate
- To sail by the wind under press of canvas
- To execute by hanging
- An act of stretching. but not in all senses? --
- The ability to lengthen when pulled
- A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration
- A segment of a journey or route
- A segment or length of material
- A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it
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- The homestretch, the final straight section of the track leading to the finish
- A stretch limousine
Examples
- I stretched the rubber band until it almost broke
- The rubber band stretched almost to the breaking point
- First, stretch the skin over the frame of the drum
- I managed to stretch my coffee supply a few more days
- To say crossing the street was brave is stretching the meaning of "brave" considerably
- The beach stretches from Cresswell to Amble
- Cats stretch with equal ease and agility beyond the point that breaks a man on the rack
- I always stretch my muscles before exercising
- His mustache stretched all the way to his sideburns
- a man apt to stretch in his report of facts
- The ship stretched to the eastward.
- I was right in the middle of a stretch when the phone rang.
- That rubber band has quite a bit of stretch.
- Its a bit of a stretch to call Boris Karloff a comedian.
- To say crossing the street was brave was quite a stretch.
- It was an easy trip except for the last stretch, which took forever.
- Its a tough stretch of road in the winter, especially without chains.
- a stretch of cloth
- There is a grand stretch in the evenings.
- He did a seven-year stretch in jail.
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