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- DictionaryStretch/streCH/
verb
- 1. (of something soft or elastic) be made or be capable of being made longer or wider without tearing or breaking: "my sweater stretched in the wash"
- 2. straighten or extend one's body or a part of one's body to its full length, typically so as to tighten one's muscles or in order to reach something: "the cat yawned and stretched"
noun
- 1. an act of stretching one's limbs or body: "I got up and had a stretch"
- 2. a continuous area or expanse of land or water: "a treacherous stretch of road"
The meaning of STRETCH is to extend (one's limbs, one's body, etc.) in a reclining position. How to use stretch in a sentence.
to go as far as or past the usual limit of something: Many families ' budgets are already stretched to breaking point. We can't work any harder, Paul. We're already fully stretched. This movie really stretches the patience of the audience to the limit.
Synonyms for STRETCHED: enlarged, padded, magnified, embellished, exaggerated, elaborated, inflated, embroidered; Antonyms of STRETCHED: reasonable, realistic, minimized, understated, belittled, played down, cut, shortened.
1. To lengthen, widen, or distend: stretched the sweater out of shape. 2. To cause to extend from one place to another or across a given space: stretched the banner between two poles. 3. To make taut; tighten: stretched the tarpaulin until it ripped. 4. To reach or put forth; extend: stretched out his hand. 5. a.
Find 333 different ways to say STRETCHED, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com.
to spread over a large area or distance: stretch across A huge cloud of dense smoke stretched across the horizon. stretch for The Andes stretch for 7,250 km along the west coast of South America. stretch from something to something Unsettled weather will stretch from the middle Mississippi Valley to the southern Middle Atlantic States.
adjective. under pressure and doing as much as is feasible. The system is very stretched. The deal will also help the company's stretched finances. Family finances were already very stretched. The staff are fully stretched as it is. The Navy is stretched to the limit these days. The economy was already fully stretched.
Definition of stretch verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adjective. extended or spread over a wide area or distance. “broad fields lay stretched on both sides of us”. synonyms: extended. fully extended or stretched forth.
Stretch definition: to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out). See examples of STRETCH used in a sentence.
