Definition of stretch

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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..

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Snare :: Snare (n.) The gut or string stretched across the lower head of a drum.
Temple :: Temple (n.) A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.
Stretch :: Stretch (v. t.) To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one's credit..
Stretto :: Stretching () a. & n. from Stretch, v..
Rack :: Rack (a.) An instrument or frame used for stretching, extending, retaining, or displaying, something..
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..
Intend :: Intend (v. t.) To stretch' to extend; to distend.
Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire..
Stretch :: 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..
Stretch :: Stretch (n.) The reach or extent of a vessel's progress on one tack; a tack or board.
Tort :: Tort (a.) Stretched tight; taut.
Strain :: Strain (a.) To injure by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force; as, the gale strained the timbers of the ship..
Spread :: Spread (v. i.) To extend in length and breadth in all directions, or in breadth only; to be extended or stretched; to expand..
Pandiculated :: Pandiculated (a.) Extended; spread out; stretched.
Racket :: Racket (n.) A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.
Pound :: Pound (n.) A level stretch in a canal between locks.
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..
Drum :: Drum (n.) An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with a stick; or of a metallic hemisphere (kettledrum) with a single piece of skin to be so beaten; the common instrument for marking time in martial music; one of the pair of tympani in an orchestra, or cavalry band..
Sprawl :: Sprawl (v. i.) To spread and stretch the body or limbs carelessly in a horizontal position; to lie with the limbs stretched out ungracefully.
Straw :: Straught (v. t.) To stretch; to make straight.
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