Definitions for stretch
strɛtʃstretch

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. stretchnoun

   a large and unbroken expanse or distance

   "a stretch of highway"; "a stretch of clear water"

2. reach, reaching, stretchnoun

   the act of physically reaching or thrusting out

3. stretchnoun

   a straightaway section of a racetrack

4. stretch, stretchingnoun

   exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent

5. stretchnoun

   extension to or beyond the ordinary limit

   "running at full stretch"; "by no stretch of the imagination"; "beyond any stretch of his understanding"

6. stretch, stintnoun

   an unbroken period of time during which you do something

   "there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary"

7. stretch, stretchiness, stretchabilityadjective

   the capacity for being stretched

8. stretch(a)adjective

   having an elongated seating area

   "a stretch limousine"

9. stretchverb

   easily stretched

   "stretch hosiery"

10. stretch, stretch alongverb

    occupy a large, elongated area

    "The park stretched beneath the train line"

11. stretch, extendverb

    extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body

    "Stretch your legs!"; "Extend your right arm above your head"

12. unfold, stretch, stretch out, extendverb

    extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length

    "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna"

13. stretchverb

    become longer by being stretched and pulled

    "The fabric stretches"

14. elongate, stretchverb

    make long or longer by pulling and stretching

    "stretch the fabric"

15. stretch, stretch outverb

    lie down comfortably

    "To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass"

16. stretchverb

    pull in opposite directions

    "During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack"

17. stretchverb

    extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly

    "Stretch the limits"; "stretch my patience"; "stretch the imagination"

18. load, adulterate, stretch, dilute, debaseverb

    corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones

    "adulterate liquor"

19. extend, stretchverb

    increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance

    "stretch the soup by adding some more cream"; "extend the casserole with a little rice"

20. stretch, stretch outverb

    extend one's body or limbs

    "Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. stretchnoun

   An act of stretching.

2. stretchnoun

   The ability to lengthen when pulled.

   That rubber band has quite a bit of stretch.

3. stretchnoun

   A course of thought which similarly diverts from 'straight' logic

4. stretchnoun

   A segment of a journey or route.

   It was an easy trip except for the last stretch, which took forever.

5. stretchnoun

   A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it.

6. stretchnoun

   A long reach in the direction of the ball with a foot remaining on the base by a first baseman in order to catch the ball sooner.

7. stretchnoun

   A length of time

   He did a 7-year stretch in jail.

8. stretchverb

   To lengthen by pulling.

   I stretched the rubber band until it almost broke.

9. stretchverb

   To lengthen when pulled.

   The rubber band stretched almost to the breaking point.

10. stretchverb

    To pull tight.

    First, stretch the skin over the frame of the drum.

11. stretchverb

    To get more use than expected from a limited resource.

    I managed to stretch my coffee supply a few more days.

12. stretchverb

    To be inaccurate by exaggeration.

    To say crossing the street was brave is stretching the meaning of "brave" considerably.

13. stretchverb

    To extend from limit point to limit point.

    The beach stretches from Cresswell to Amble.

14. stretchverb

    or To extend one's limbs or body in order to stretch the muscles.

15. stretchverb

    To extend to a limit point

    His mustache stretched all the way to his sideburns.

16. stretchverb

    to increase

17. Etymology: From strecchen, from streccan, from strakjanan, from streg-. Cognate with strekken, strecken, strække, sträcka, strak, Albanian shtreq,shtrek. More at stark.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Stretchnoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. Extension; reach; occupation of more space.

   At all her stretch her little wings she spread,
   And with her feather’d arms embrac’d the dead:
   Then flickering to his pallid lips, she strove
   To print a kiss. John Dryden, Ceyx and Alcyo.

   Disruption, as strong as they are, the bones would be in some danger of, upon a great and sudden stretch or contortion, if they were dry. John Ray, on the Creation.

   2. Force of body extended.

   He thought to swim the stormy main,
   By stretch of arms the distant shore to gain. John Dryden, Æn.

   3. Effort; struggle: from the act of running.

   Those put a lawful authority upon the stretch to the abuse of power, under the colour of prerogative. Roger L'Estrange.

   Upon this alarm we made incredible stretches towards the South, to gain the fastnesses of Preston. Addison.

   4. Utmost extent of meaning.

   Quotations, in their utmost stretch, can signify no more than that Luther lay under severe agonies of mind. Francis Atterbury.

   5. Utmost reach of power.

   This is the utmost stretch that nature can,
   And all beyond is fulsome, false, and vain. George Granville.

2. To STRETCHverb

   Etymology: strecan , Saxon; strecken, Dutch.

   1. To extend; to spread out to a distance.

   The stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land. Is. viii. 8.

   Stretch thine hand unto the poor. Ecclus vii. 32.

   Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand. Ex. vii. 19.

   2. To elongate, or strain to a greater space.3. To expand; to display.

   Leviathan on the deep,
   Stretch’d like a promontory, sleeps. John Milton.

   What more likely to stretch forth the heavens, and lay the foundation of the earth, than infinite power? John Tillotson.

   4. To strain to the utmost.

   This kiss, if it durst speak,
   Would stretch thy spirits up into the air. William Shakespeare, K. Lear.

   5. To make tense.

   So the stretch’d cord the skackl’d dancer tries. Smith.

   6. To carry by violence farther than is right: as, to stretch a text.

3. To Stretchverb

   1. To be extended.

   Idolatry is a horrible sin, yet doth repentance stretch unto it. John Whitgift.

   A third is like the former: a fourth? start eye!
   What! will the line stretch out to th’ crack of doom? William Shakespeare.

   This to rich Ophir’s rising morn is known,
   And stretch’d out far to the burnt swarthy zone. Abraham Cowley.

   Your dungeon stretching far and wide beneath. John Milton.

   2. To bear extension without rupture.

   The inner membrane, that involved the liquors of the egg, because it would stretch and yield, remained unbroken. Boyle.

   3. To sally beyond the truth.

   What an allay do we find to the credit of the most probable event, that is reported by one who uses to stretch? Gov. Tongue.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Stretchverb

   to reach out; to extend; to put forth

2. Stretchverb

   to draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope

3. Stretchverb

   to cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings

4. Stretchverb

   to make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly

5. Stretchverb

   to draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle

6. Stretchverb

   to exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one's credit

7. Stretchverb

   to be extended; to be drawn out in length or in breadth, or both; to spread; to reach; as, the iron road stretches across the continent; the lake stretches over fifty square miles

8. Stretchverb

   to extend or spread one's self, or one's limbs; as, the lazy man yawns and stretches

9. Stretchverb

   to be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile substances

10. Stretchverb

    to strain the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to stretch in his report of facts

11. Stretchverb

    to sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the ship stretched to the eastward

12. Stretchnoun

    act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the imagination

13. Stretchnoun

    a continuous line or surface; a continuous space of time; as, grassy stretches of land

14. Stretchnoun

    the extent to which anything may be stretched

15. Stretchnoun

    the reach or extent of a vessel's progress on one tack; a tack or board

16. Stretchnoun

    course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal

17. Etymology: [OE. strecchen, AS. streccan; akin to D. strekken, G. strecken, OHG. strecchen, Sw. strcka, Dan. straekke; cf. AS. straeck, strec, strong, violent, G. strack straight; of uncertain origin, perhaps akin to E. strong. Cf. Straight.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Stretch

   Randy Walker, better known by his stage name Stretch, was an American rapper and producer.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Stretch

   strech, v.t. to extend: to draw out: to expand: to reach out: to exaggerate, strain, or carry further than is right: to cause to lie at full length: (slang) to hang.—v.i. to be drawn out: to be extended: to extend without breaking: to exaggerate.—n. act of stretching: effort: struggle: reach: extension: state of being stretched: utmost extent of meaning: course: one single uninterrupted sitting, turn, &c.: (slang) a year's imprisonment.—ns. Stretch′er, anything used for stretching, as gloves, hats, &c.: a frame on which a painter's canvas is stretched by means of wedges forced into the corners: a frame for carrying the sick or dead: a footboard for a rower; Stretch′er-bond, a method of building in which bricks or stones are laid lengthwise in successive courses, the joints of the one falling at the middle of that above and below; Stretch′ing-course, a course of bricks or stones having all the faces outward; Stretch′ing-frame, a machine for stretching cotton rovings before being spun into yarn: a frame on which starched fabrics are dried; Stretch′ing-ī′ron, a currier's tool for dressing leather.—adj. Stretch′y, apt to stretch too much: liable to stretch one's self from weariness. [A.S. streccan—strec, stræc, strong; cf. Ger. strack, straight.]

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1. Stretch

   Stretch, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, designs, develops, and supplies software configurable processors and development tools for compute-intensive applications. Its products include channel DVR add-in cards; channel capture cards; and DVR capture cards that provide video and audio capture, real-time display, and hardware compression features for DVR designers. The company also offers Stretch IDE, which provides an intuitive development flow, and focuses on programming and system configuration, as well as integrates compiler, debugger, assembler, profiler, linker, and editor tools under an intuitive graphical interface; Stretch reference design kits that are designed for the customers to evaluate a reference design and start the preliminary design of their own products; and Intelligent Encoder software development kit, a video processing and compression solution, which is optimized for the Stretch family of software configurable processors. Its products are used in security and surveillance, broadcast video, wireless communication, and industrial imaging applications. Stretch, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is based in Sunnyvale, California with additional offices in Tokyo, Japan; and Krefeld, Germany.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. stretch

   A word frequently used instead of tack; as, "We shall make a good stretch."--To stretch. To sail by the wind under a crowd of canvas.

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1. stretch

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Matched Categories

1. • Change Shape
   • Corrupt
   • Duration
   • Exercise
   • Expanse
   • Extend
   • Extension
   • Grow
   • Increase
   • Lengthen
   • Lie Down
   • Motion
   • Pull
   • Racing
   • Straightaway
   • Tense

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'stretch' in Nouns Frequency: #2223

2. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'stretch' in Verbs Frequency: #419

Anagrams for stretch »

1. strecht

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of stretch in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of stretch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of stretch in a Sentence

1. Jeremiah Young:

   Some of the many displaced from the recent fighting have come out to stretch their legs a little bit. They are in the streets. They are not moving far.

2. Justin Thomas:

   I didn’t really do anything at all today and I very easily could have won the tournament, i mean, good drive on 18, and I have a wedge in there and could be in this playoff just as easily. But a lot to build on a, lot of positives, and we got a big stretch coming up, so I’m excited for it.

3. Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson:

   Executive privilege is a very important separation of powers issue here, and I don't want to see the presidency weakened, do we want to stretch that thing out for months ? You know, going through legal process because the President will, and should, challenge those types of subpoenas.

4. The NWS:

   More impactful freezing rainaccretion will be possible and this time stretch from northeast Oklahomato northern Kentucky.

5. Christopher Gotterup:

   Just more validation that I do belong out here, and honestly, I didn’t have my greatest stuff this week. Hit it amazing, but just putted pretty poorly until coming down the stretch.

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