stretch
stretch
strɛʧ
strech
/stɹˈɛt‍ʃ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "stretch"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make something longer, looser, or wider, especially by pulling it
Transitive: to stretch sth
to stretch definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
While sewing, she was carefully stretching the waistband for a comfortable fit.
āϏ⧇āϞāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āφāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ• āĻĢāĻŋāĻŸā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϕ⧋āĻŽāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦ⧇āĻ˛ā§āϟāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āϟāĻžāύāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϟāĻžāύāĻž

to extend one's body parts or one's entire body to full length
Transitive: to stretch one's body or body parts
to stretch definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cat woke up from its nap and proceeded to stretch its legs and arch its back before hopping off the couch.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŋāĻŽā§āύāĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻœā§‡āϗ⧇ āωāĻ āϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏ⧋āĻĢāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻĢ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ  āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϟāĻžāύāĻž

to become longer, looser, or wider
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
With regular use, the fabric of the hammock began to stretch.
āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇, āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻŽāϕ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧃āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cover a significant distance or expanse
Intransitive: to stretch some distance
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Along the coast, sandy beaches stretch as far as the eye can see.
āωāĻĒāϕ⧂āϞ āĻŦāϰāĻžāĻŦāϰ, āĻŦāĻžāϞ⧁āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϏ⧈āĻ•āϤāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻšā§‹āĻ– āϝāϤāĻĻā§‚āϰ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
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āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻžāϜāĻžāύ⧋

to exaggerate and embellish the meaning or significance of something out of bounds
Transitive: to stretch an account or fact
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
To boost sales, the salesperson tried to stretch the features of the product.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāϝāĻŧāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€ āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻŦ⧈āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϝāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϟāĻžāύāĻž

to pull something tight, causing it to become taut or elongated
Transitive: to stretch sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The rock climber carefully stretched the rope to anchor it securely to the cliff.
āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰ āφāϰ⧋āĻšā§€ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āĻĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϟāĻžāύāϞ āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āύ⧋āĻ™ā§āĻ—āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϟāĻžāύāĻž

to straighten and extend one's body or limbs
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cat woke up from its nap and stretched, arching its back and extending its claws.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϘ⧁āĻŽ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻœā§‡āϗ⧇ āωāĻ āϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϞ, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ  āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰ āύāĻ–āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧇āĻžā§āϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause someone to fully use their skills and abilities, often beyond what they are used to
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The challenging task stretched her creativity.
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧇āĻžā§āϜāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ•āĻžāϜāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏ⧃āϜāύāĻļā§€āϞāϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŖ, āϟāĻžāύ

the act of extending or reaching out physically
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āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŖ, āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āϚāĻŋāĻ‚

exercise intended to extend muscles or limbs to their full length
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āϏ⧋āϜāĻž āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ, āϏ⧋āϜāĻž āϏ⧇āĻ•āĻļāύ

a straight section of a racetrack
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ•āϤāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž

the capacity of a material to be extended or elongated
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Rubber bands rely on natural stretch.
āϰāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻ•āĻžāϞ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĢāĻŋāϤāĻž

an unbroken period of time spent doing an activity
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āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āϝ, āϟāĻžāύāϟāĻžāύ

capable of being extended or expanded without breaking, often referring to flexible materials
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
These stretch jeans adapt to different body shapes.
āĻāχ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āϚ āϜāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϏ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻļāϰ⧀āϰ⧇āϰ āφāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāĻĒ āĻ–āĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

overstretch
stretched
stretcher
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