Definition of stretch

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Stretch (v. t.) To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle..

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Stretch :: Stretch (v. i.) To extend or spread one's self, or one's limbs; as, the lazy man yawns and stretches..
Stretch :: Stretch (v. t.) To reach out; to extend; to put forth.
Rack :: Rack (v. t.) To stretch or strain, in a figurative sense; hence, to harass, or oppress by extortion..
Rack :: Rack (a.) An instrument or frame used for stretching, extending, retaining, or displaying, something..
Nonextensile :: Nonextensile (a.) Not extensile; incapable of being stretched.
Foreside :: Foreside (n.) The front side; the front; esp., a stretch of country fronting the sea..
Span :: Span (v. t.) To reach from one side of to the order; to stretch over as an arch.
Stretch :: Stretch (n.) The extent to which anything may be stretched.
Tension :: Tension (a.) The degree of stretching to which a wire, cord, piece of timber, or the like, is strained by drawing it in the direction of its length; strain..
Extender :: Extender (n.) One who, or that which, extends or stretches anything..
Straught :: Straught () imp. & p. p. of Stretch.
Burst :: Burst (n.) A sudden opening, as of landscape; a stretch; an expanse..
Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) One of the rods in an umbrella, attached at one end to one of the ribs, and at the other to the tube sliding upon the handle..
Reach :: Reach (v. i.) To stretch out the hand.
Bench :: Bench (n.) A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or river..
Dulcimer :: Dulcimer (n.) An instrument, having stretched metallic wires which are beaten with two light hammers held in the hands of the performer..
Pound :: Pound (n.) A level stretch in a canal between locks.
Intention :: Intention (n.) A stretching or bending of the mind toward of the mind toward an object; closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness.
Snare :: Snare (n.) The gut or string stretched across the lower head of a drum.
Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) One who, or that which, stretches..
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