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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Crab :: Crab (a.) A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
Extendible :: Extendible (a.) Capable of being extended, susceptible of being stretched, extended, enlarged, widened, or expanded..
Stretch :: Stretch (v. i.) To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the ship stretched to the eastward..
Stretto :: Stretching () a. & n. from Stretch, v..
Ambulance :: Ambulance (n.) A field hospital, so organized as to follow an army in its movements, and intended to succor the wounded as soon as possible. Often used adjectively; as, an ambulance wagon; ambulance stretcher; ambulance corps..
Intention :: Intention (n.) A stretching or bending of the mind toward of the mind toward an object; closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness.
Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To keep on the stretch, as a bow..
Brail :: Brail (n.) A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.
Stretch :: Stretch (v. t.) To reach out; to extend; to put forth.
Tenter :: Tenter (n.) A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and square..
Larynx :: Larynx (n.) The expanded upper end of the windpipe or trachea, connected with the hyoid bone or cartilage. It contains the vocal cords, which produce the voice by their vibrations, when they are stretched and a current of air passes between them. The larynx is connected with the pharynx by an opening, the glottis, which, in mammals, is protected by a lidlike epiglottis..
Stream :: Stream (v. i.) To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind; as, a flag streams in the wind..
Crimper :: Crimper (n.) A curved board or frame over which the upper of a boot or shoe is stretched to the required shape.
Farstretched :: Farstretched (a.) Streatched beyond ordinary limits.
Rack :: Rack (a.) An engine of torture, consisting of a large frame, upon which the body was gradually stretched until, sometimes, the joints were dislocated; -- formerly used judicially for extorting confessions from criminals or suspected persons..
Display :: Display (v. t.) To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.
Jackstay :: "Jackstay (n.) A rail of wood or iron stretching along a yard of a vessel, to which the sails are fastened..
Crane :: Crane (v. t.) To stretch, as a crane stretches its neck; as, to crane the neck disdainfully..
Extend :: Extend (v. t.) To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street..
Reach :: Reach (n.) Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope..
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