stretch

Meaning

Verb

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

Noun

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. (slang) A walk.
7. A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it.
8. 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.
9. (informal) Term of address for a tall person.
10. The homestretch, the final straight section of the track leading to the finish.
11. A length of time.
12. A length of time.
13. (slang) A length of time.
14. (slang) A length of time.
15. A length of time.
16. Ellipsis of stretch limousine.

Concepts

stretch

extend

spread

reach

stretch out

strain

expand

lengthen

pull

widen

drag

draw

tighten

unfold

enlarge

extent

tense

spread out

span

elongate

tauten

broaden

reach out

straighten

unroll

continue

distend

stretching

expanse

stretch oneself

open

straighten out

adulterate

dilute

unfurl

become longer

draw out

prolong

pull tight

run

range

sprawl

draw tight

apply

spread-eagle

interval

space

tension

distance

elasticity

extended

reaching

stretch along

stretchability

stretchiness

become wider

make straight

gap

stretched

step up

aggrandize

anoint

augment

grease

increase

magnify

smear

period

bend

make

smooth out

reach to

stand on tiptoe

straight

drag out

contract

pull out

lengthen out

be extended

debase

load

stint

field

journey

deepen

make longer

distention

expansion

outspread

crane

extension

sector

taut

ruler

straight edge

straightedge

pandiculation

go on

limber

live

elongated

flex

haul

layout

lay out

attract

inhale

time

row

series

continuity

hold out

reach out for

gain influence

iron

knock out

roll out

cover over

freeze over

make tense

string up

get around

put forth

spin out

look up

come

length

lie

bridge

stain

prison term

be drawn

lag

leg

outlie

rax

cut

yield

be elastic

loose

order

hang

peel

stick out

become deeper

be lengthened

support each other

area

lengthiness

purview

scope

tract

draw up

unfolding

lot

plot

broadening

spreading

develop

development

evolution

evolvement

explosion

elongating

elongation

roll-out

rolling out

verge

plat

sheet

bracing

set up hard

take-up

tautness

tight

drawout

lengthening

outstretch

block

burst

chapter

column

fragment

member

paragraph

phase

portion

section

segment

site

station

zone

rectilinear scale

straight scale

stickiness

go beyond

hand up

shake

bring down

shuffle off

stick into

spring up

lapse

level

begin

start

age

epoch

patch

period of time

term

bear on

carry on

go ahead

go along

hang in

hang on

hold on

keep

keep on

keep up

move on

plow ahead

press on

proceed

resume

ride

run on

spin off

stay on

supply

last

progress

straddle

adaptable

adaptive

elastic

flexible

nonrigid

pliant

springy

stretchable

stretchy

supple

unbigoted

unexacting

adaptability

bounciness

flexibility

flexibleness

pliability

resilience

spring

suppleness

bounce

resiliency

snap

springiness

circularise

deploy

diffuse

disperse

dispread

disseminate

distribute

divaricate

effuse

give forth

launch

propagate

roll

scatter

sow in

spill

splay

white out

branch out

bush out

fork

radiate

run out

passage

peregrination

tour

transit

voyage

way

peewee

sawn-off

snippet

squirt

lengthened

direct

downright

frank

frontal

point-blank

right

straight line

straight-out

straightaway

straightforward

true

unbent

unbowed

uncrossed

uncurled

uncurved

uncurving

unmediated

untwisted

internment

drawl

protraction

ductility

spinnbarkeit

uphold

make taut

grow

make progress

pull taut

curve

grow long

relax

worn out

fasten

lean

flow

move

tow

yank

crack

loosen up

make big

make smaller

project

stress

distort

misconceive

misinterpret

misread

misrepresent

twist

sweep

delay

pitch

unbend

stride

reach for

make bigger

make long

beat

rain

rack

Pronounced as (IPA)

/stɹɛt͡ʃ/

Etymology

From Middle English strecchen, from Old English streċċan (“to stretch, hold out, extend, spread out, prostrate”), from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjan (“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.

Sentences

The Schlitterbahn Water Park is built along a stretch of the river .