to stretch
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1.0
- verb
- /strɛtʃ/
:
estirar
- She tried to stretch the fabric to fit the larger frame of the painting.
- stretch the sheet
- stretch for miles
- stretch across an area
You know, that's where the day really just stretches its legs out.
- You know, that's where the day really just stretches its legs out.
- Boundless and bare, the lone level sands stretch far away.
- You got to poke a nail in, stretch the, stretch the string across.
- This costs energy like stretching the spring costs energy.
- If your cervix is open like that, they will like stretch around in the cervix.
Examples
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NASA has an ambitious program of missions to Mars stretching well into the next decade.
Academic text (1999) -
Starlings fluttered and roosted on the power lines stretched like gray bars over the house.
Fiction book (1990) -
I'm going to stretch them out slightly.
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So it's good to stretch it out, bro.
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It's great when it's stretched out in front of you.
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All right, go farther back so we can stretch it.
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There was this long row of beach houses that stretched far to the north.
Fiction book (1990) -
To the north, the Tibetan plateau stretched for hundreds of miles.
Academic text (2011) -
Viewed from the sand dunes to the north, golden beach stretches as far as you can see.
Academic text (1999) -
Milton and the boy imitated her, stretching their mouths, until she couldn't help laughing.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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1.0
Stretch out to touch or get something that is far
805
2.5
To grow larger in size, amount, or importance
664
1.6
To put a thin layer over a surface
265
2.7
To reach out with your body or make something longer
98
3.4
To stretch across an area or period of time
92
3.9
To make or become wider and include more things
89
3.5
To put a hand forward to show or give something
85
2.5
To make something have more space from one side to the other so it fits or moves more easily
73
2.7
To stretch a hand toward something to touch it
70
3.0
To make something bigger in size or amount
58
3.4
Reach up to a certain point or limit
35
6.1
To become wider or more open, as when pupils open in the dark
34
2.4
Make something longer in size, distance, or time
24
3.1
To arrange or unfold things so they cover a larger area
20
3.4
Move part of your body, for example your arm, to reach or see something
16
5.8
To make something longer by stretching or pulling it
11
3.2
To change the size of something, for example a picture or window, to make it fit better
9
3.9
To make something reach forward, like an arm or wing
2
4.2
To continue for a long distance along a narrow area
1
6.1
To reach out a hand or arm toward something to offer help
1
4.4
To make a rope or cord tight by stretching it so it is not loose
1
3.3
Make something larger or smaller so it fits
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Etymology
Stretch comes from an old English word streccan meaning 'to make long' or 'to pull'. Imagine pulling a piece of elastic to make it longer; that's why stretch means to make something longer or wider.