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(verb) extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body; "Stretch your legs!" "Extend your right arm above your head" |
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Synonyms: extend |
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Related Words: crane, spread-eagle, strain, stretch out, tense, tense up |
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(verb) extend one's body or limbs; "Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours" |
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Synonyms: stretch out |
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Related Words: move |
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(verb) become longer by being stretched and pulled; "The fabric stretches" |
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Related Words: give, grow, yield |
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Antonyms: shrink |
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(noun) extension to or beyond the ordinary limit; "running at full stretch"; "by no stretch of the imagination"; "beyond any stretch of his understanding" |
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Related Words: extension |
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(verb) extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly: "Stretch the limits"; "stretch my patience"; "stretch the imagination" |
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Related Words: broaden, extend, widen |
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(noun) exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent |
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Synonyms: stretching |
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Related Words: exercise, exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout |
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(satellite adjective) easily stretched; "stretch hosiery" |
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(verb) pull in opposite directions; "During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack" |
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Related Words: draw, draw, force, pull, pull back |
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(verb) lie down comfortably; "To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass" |
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Synonyms: stretch out |
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Related Words: lie, lie down |
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(satellite adjective) having an elongated seating area; "a stretch limousine" |
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(verb) occupy a large, elongated area; "The park stretched beneath the train line" |
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Synonyms: stretch along |
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Related Words: be |
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(noun) (racing) a straight section of a racetrack |
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Related Words: homestretch, straight, straightaway |
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(noun) the capacity for being stretched |
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Synonyms: stretchability, stretchiness |
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Related Words: elasticity |
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(noun) a large and unbroken expanse or distance; "a stretch of highway"; "a stretch of clear water" |
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Related Words: expanse, extent, slack |
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(noun) an unbroken period of time during which you do something; "there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary" |
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Synonyms: stint |
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Related Words: continuance, duration |
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(verb) increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance; "stretch the soup by addding some more cream"; "extend the casserole with a little rice" |
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Synonyms: extend |
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Related Words: increase |
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(verb) make long or longer by pulling and stretching; "stretch the fabric" |
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Synonyms: elongate |
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Related Words: lengthen |
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(verb) add water to a mixture to dilute it; "adulterate liquor" |
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Synonyms: adulterate, debase, dilute, water down |
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Related Words: thin |
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(verb) extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna" |
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Synonyms: extend, stretch out, unfold |
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Related Words: change form, change shape, deform |
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(noun) the act of physically reaching or thrusting out |
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Synonyms: reach, reaching |
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Related Words: motion, move, movement, outreach |
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