Definition of stretch

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Stretch (v. i.) To extend or spread one's self, or one's limbs; as, the lazy man yawns and stretches..

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Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) A narrow crosspiece of the bottom of a boat against which a rower braces his feet.
Astride :: Astride (adv.) With one leg on each side, as a man when on horseback; with the legs stretched wide apart; astraddle..
Kayak :: Kayak (n.) A light canoe, made of skins stretched over a frame, and usually capable of carrying but one person, who sits amidships and uses a double-bladed paddle. It is peculiar to the Eskimos and other Arctic tribes..
Upright :: Upright (a.) Stretched out face upward; flat on the back.
Tort :: Tort (a.) Stretched tight; taut.
Procrusteanize :: Procrusteanize (v. t.) To stretch or contract according to some rule or standard.
Tentiginous :: Tentiginous (a.) Stiff; stretched; strained.
Burst :: Burst (n.) A sudden opening, as of landscape; a stretch; an expanse..
Distend :: Distend (v. t.) To stretch out or extend in all directions; to dilate; to enlarge, as by elasticity of parts; to inflate so as to produce tension; to cause to swell; as, to distend a bladder, the stomach, etc..
Stretch :: Stretch (v. i.) To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile substances..
Stretch :: Stretch (v. i.) 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..
Stretch :: Stretch (n.) The reach or extent of a vessel's progress on one tack; a tack or board.
Tree :: Tree (v. t.) To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree; as, to tree a boot. See Tree, n., 3..
Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) An overstretching of the truth; a lie.
Outstretch :: Outstretch (v. t.) To stretch out.
Distend :: Distend (v. t.) To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch.
Extension :: Extension (v. t.) The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.
Sonometer :: Sonometer (n.) An instrument for exhibiting the transverse vibrations of cords, and ascertaining the relations between musical notes. It consists of a cord stretched by weight along a box, and divided into different lengths at pleasure by a bridge, the place of which is determined by a scale on the face of the box..
Stretcher :: Stretch (n.) Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal..
Intension :: Intension (n.) A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained; as, the intension of a musical string..
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