Synonyms:
stretch
Meaning: a large and unbroken expanse or distance; "a stretch of highway"; "a stretch of clear water"
Synonyms:
reach, reaching, stretch
Meaning: the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
Synonyms:
stretch
Meaning: a straightaway section of a racetrack
Synonyms:
stretch, stretching
Meaning: exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
Synonyms:
stretch
Meaning: extension to or beyond the ordinary limit; "running at full stretch"; "by no stretch of the imagination"; "beyond any stretch of his understanding"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
stretch, stretch_along
Meaning: occupy a large, elongated area; "The park stretched beneath the train line"
Synonyms:
stretch, extend
Meaning: extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body; "Stretch your legs!"; "Extend your right arm above your head"
Synonyms:
unfold, stretch, stretch_out, extend
Meaning: extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna"
Synonyms:
stretch
Meaning: become longer by being stretched and pulled; "The fabric stretches"
Synonyms:
elongate, stretch
Meaning: make long or longer by pulling and stretching; "stretch the fabric"
Synonyms:
stretch, stretch_out
Meaning: lie down comfortably; "To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass"
Synonyms:
stretch
Meaning: pull in opposite directions; "During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack"
Synonyms:
stretch
Meaning: extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly; "Stretch the limits"; "stretch my patience"; "stretch the imagination"
Usage examples
Let us stretch the hour or two.
At the foot there was a smooth stretch of green sward.
On rare occasions a stream flows down this valley, but now sand dunes stretch across it.
Milly, like some vast virgin stretch of pine woods, was made to catch the lumberman's eye.
Milly, like some vast virgin stretch of pine woods, was made to catch the lumberman's eye.
Three times during the day did he thus stretch his cramped limbs, and pray with his face to the East.
The great Architect has built it of the best materials; and never could man have given it so wide a stretch.
They went out into the road, which the moon threw into bold relief along its white stretch, but there was no figure scurrying away.
She sees unmoved the heroic efforts which Hannibal and his army are making to save her, and she will not stretch out a hand to aid him.
Just as he was about to stretch out his hand and seize the monkey, the monkey gave a sudden leap to the tree and hurried away to the tree top.