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Prolate :: Prolate (a.) Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the direction of a line joining the poles; as, a prolate spheroid; -- opposed to oblate..

Bow :: Bow (v. t.) An appliance consisting of an elastic rod, with a number of horse hairs stretched from end to end of it, used in playing on a stringed instrument..

Drawing :: Drawing (n.) The process of stretching or spreading metals as by hammering, or, as in forming wire from rods or tubes and cups from sheet metal, by pulling them through dies..

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.

Tight :: Tight (superl.) Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out..

Procrusteanize :: Procrusteanize (v. t.) To stretch or contract according to some rule or standard.

Boottree :: Boottree (n.) An instrument to stretch and widen the leg of a boot, consisting of two pieces, together shaped like a leg, between which, when put into the boot, a wedge is driven..

Tentiginous :: Tentiginous (a.) Stiff; stretched; strained.

Snare :: Snare (n.) The gut or string stretched across the lower head of a drum.

Subtepid :: Subtense (a.) A line subtending, or stretching across; a chord; as, the subtense of an arc..

Streel :: Streek (v. t.) To stretch; also, to lay out, as a dead body. See Streak..

Straggle :: Straggle (v. t.) To escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot too far or widely in growth..

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..

Pandiculation :: Pandiculation (n.) A stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities, as when fatigued and drowsy..

Stretch :: Stretch (v. i.) To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile substances..

Tort :: Tort (a.) Stretched tight; taut.

Stretch :: 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..

Extension :: Extension (v. t.) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.

Reach :: Reach (v. t.) To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent; as, his land reaches the river..

Frame :: Frame (n.) The ribs and stretchers of an umbrella or other structure with a fabric covering.

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