Definition of stretch

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Stretch (v. i.) To strain the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to stretch in his report of facts..

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Outstretch :: Outstretch (v. t.) To stretch out.
Porrection :: Porrection (n.) The act of stretching forth.
Straw :: Straught (v. t.) To stretch; to make straight.
Foreside :: Foreside (n.) The front side; the front; esp., a stretch of country fronting the sea..
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..
Prostrate :: Prostrate (a.) Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface; stretched out; as, to sleep prostrate..
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.
Display :: Display (v. t.) To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.
Tent :: Tent (n.) A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, -- used for sheltering persons from the weather, especially soldiers in camp..
Stretch :: Stretch (v. t.) To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope..
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..
Kussier :: Kussier (n.) (Mus.) A Turkish instrument of music, with a hollow body covered with skin, over which five strings are stretched..
Snare :: Snare (n.) The gut or string stretched across the lower head of a drum.
Plain :: Plain (a.) Level land; usually, an open field or a broad stretch of land with an even surface, or a surface little varied by inequalities; as, the plain of Jordan; the American plains, or prairies..
Tensor :: Tensor (n.) The ratio of one vector to another in length, no regard being had to the direction of the two vectors; -- so called because considered as a stretching factor in changing one vector into another. See Versor..
Tort :: Tort (a.) Stretched tight; taut.
Stretch :: Stretch (v. i.) To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the ship stretched to the eastward..
Twang :: Twang (n.) A harsh, quick sound, like that made by a stretched string when pulled and suddenly let go; as, the twang of a bowstring..
Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To keep on the stretch, as a bow..
Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) An instrument for stretching boots or gloves.
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