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Definition stretch

Etymology

From Middle English strecchen, from Old English stre??an (“to stretch, hold out, extend, spread out, prostrate”), from Proto-Germanic *strakjan?, *strakkijan? (“to stretch, make taut or tight”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg-, *streg-, *treg- (“stiff, rigid”). Cognate with West Frisian strekke, Dutch strekken (“to stretch, straighten”), German strecken (“to stretch, straighten, elongate”), Danish strække (“to stretch”), Swedish sträcka (“to stretch”), Dutch strak (“taut, tight”), Albanian shtriqem (“to stretch”). More at stark.

Verb

stretch (third-person singular simple present stretches, present participle stretching, simple past and past participle stretched or (obsolete) straught or (obsolete) straight)

1. (transitive) To lengthen by pulling.
2. (intransitive) To lengthen when pulled.
3. (transitive) To pull tight.
4. (figuratively, transitive) To get more use than expected from a limited resource.
5. (figuratively, transitive) To make inaccurate by exaggeration.
6. (intransitive) To extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point.
7. (intransitive, transitive) To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles
8. (intransitive) To extend to a limit point
9. (transitive) To increase.
10. (obsolete, colloquial) To stretch the truth; to exaggerate.
11. (nautical) To sail by the wind under press of canvas.
12. (slang, transitive, archaic) To execute by hanging.

Noun

stretch (plural stretches)

1. An act of stretching.
2. The ability to lengthen when pulled.
3. A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration.
4. A segment of a journey or route.
5. A segment or length of material.
6. (baseball) A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it.
7. (baseball) A long reach in the direction of the ball with a foot remaining on the base by a first baseman in order to catch the ball sooner.
8. (informal) Term of address for a tall person.
9. (horse racing) The homestretch, the final straight section of the track leading to the finish.
10. A length of time.
    1. (Ireland) Extended daylight hours, especially said of the evening in springtime when compared to the shorter winter days.
    2. (sports) The period of the season between the trade deadline and the beginning of the playoffs.
    3. (slang) A jail or prison term.
       1. (slang) A jail or prison term of one year's duration.
    4. A single uninterrupted sitting; a turn.
11. A stretch limousine.

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