stretched

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simple past and past participle of stretch

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/stɹɛt͡ʃt/

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stretch

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.

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