stretch
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2.7
- noun
- /strɛtʃ/
- Often, only a narrow stretch of beach is left between tall hotels and the surf.
- a long stretch
- a stretch of land
- a stretch of river
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Watch on YouTubeThat's a two mile stretch of perfect skating.
- That's a two mile stretch of perfect skating.
- Second is only get one long stretch of wire.
- And his best friend, Johnny Johnson, OK, was coming around the back stretch, might have been the quarter mile coming on the final straightaway.
- Which makes this stretch of water, I think the most artificially dangerous water in the world.
Examples
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Snow had collected to a depth of eight feet all along this stretch of highway.
Fiction book (1992) -
The restaurant took up a long stretch of beach where palms were growing.
Fiction book (1990) -
And this is the last stretch of Little Italy left in New York.
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On this stretch of the US Mexico border, there is already a physical barrier.
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Its location on a stretch of sandy Mediterranean beach makes it popular with Israeli visitors.
Academic text (2002) -
But the Confederates had gained a long stretch of the Brock Road.
Fiction book (1992) -
I was in Yakutat, the only settlement on a 300-mile stretch of coast in southeastern Alaska.
Academic text (1990) -
On our way, Lonnie spotted Eugene's old Chrysler parked on a dark stretch of Thirty-Second Street.
Fiction book (1990) -
On this stretch of the US Mexico border, there is already a physical barrier.
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That's a two mile stretch of perfect skating.
Synonyms
46
4.6
A wide open area like land or water
24
1.0
A long narrow piece of material like rope
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3.5
The area or distance something covers
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Compounds
- Specialized
1
6.5
An automatic muscle tightening that happens when a muscle is pulled
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Etymology
Stretch comes from the old English streccan meaning 'to make long'. A long, unbroken area like a road or field feels 'stretched out', so we call that continuous length a stretch.