Definition of stretch

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Stretch (n.) Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the imagination..

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Porrect :: Porrect (a.) Extended horizontally; stretched out.
Expander :: Expander (n.) Anything which causes expansion esp. (Mech.) a tool for stretching open or expanding a tube, etc..
Stretch :: Stretch (v. t.) To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle..
Splaymouthed :: Splaymouth (n.) A wide mouth; a mouth stretched in derision.
Intend :: Intend (v. t.) To stretch' to extend; to distend.
Vibrate :: Vibrate (v. i.) To move to and fro, or from side to side, as a pendulum, an elastic rod, or a stretched string, when disturbed from its position of rest; to swing; to oscillate..
Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) A brick or stone laid with its longer dimension in the line of direction of the wall.
Drumhead :: Drumhead (n.) The parchment or skin stretched over one end of a drum.
Straggle :: Straggle (v. t.) To escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot too far or widely in growth..
Reach :: Reach (n.) Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope..
Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) A piece of timber used in building.
Distention :: Distention (n.) The act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions; the state of being Distended; as, the distention of the lungs..
Litter :: Litter (n.) A bed or stretcher so arranged that a person, esp. a sick or wounded person, may be easily carried in or upon it..
Bat :: Bat (n.) One of the Cheiroptera, an order of flying mammals, in which the wings are formed by a membrane stretched between the elongated fingers, legs, and tail. The common bats are small and insectivorous. See Cheiroptera and Vampire..
Display :: Display (v. t.) To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.
Intensive :: Intensive (a.) Stretched; admitting of intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified..
Stretch :: Stretch (v. i.) To strain the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to stretch in his report of facts..
Temple :: Temple (n.) A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.
Stretch :: Stretch (v. t.) To reach out; to extend; to put forth.
Prostrate :: Prostrate (a.) Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface; stretched out; as, to sleep prostrate..
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