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To reach out; to extend; to put forth. |
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To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a
straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope. |
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To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand;
as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings. |
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To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly. |
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To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as,
to stretch a tendon or muscle. |
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To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the
truth; to stretch one's credit. |
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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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To extend or spread one's self, or one's limbs; as, the
lazy man yawns and stretches. |
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To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking,
as elastic or ductile substances. |
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To strain the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to
stretch in his report of facts. |
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To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the ship
stretched to the eastward. |
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Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach;
effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the
imagination. |
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A continuous line or surface; a continuous space of time;
as, grassy stretches of land. |
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The extent to which anything may be stretched. |
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The reach or extent of a vessel's progress on one tack; a
tack or board. |
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Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal. |
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