stretched
- adjective
- /strɛtʃt/
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extendido
- The fabric was stretched tightly across the frame to create a smooth surface.
Like that means it's going to be all stretched out when I wear it.
- Like that means it's going to be all stretched out when I wear it.
- You're looking at cloth that is stretched around Jim's big Jim, Henson's big hand.
- But it looks, it's like stretched but uniform stretched.
- Each time it begins, it's the same flashes, a siren, the stretched out roar.
Examples
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So in Leonardo's design, he had that stretched silk across his wings.
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It's so pixelated and it's stretched out on the sides.
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Essentially we have a, a, a far stretched out primary season, right?
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Essentially we have a, a, a far stretched out primary season, right?
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But it looks, it's like stretched but uniform stretched.
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And I'm always feeling stretched that I don't know who to help.
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Her lips were dry and stretched thin, blood seeping between the cracks.
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The road stretched for miles, winding through the picturesque countryside.
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The rubber band was stretched to its limits before it snapped.
Synonyms
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4.4
Spreading out over a large area in an untidy way like a city or tree branches
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3.7
Held out as far as possible, like arms or wings
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4.5
Long and thin in shape, longer than it is wide
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5.8
Able to get larger and take up more space
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3.5
Stretched out to a longer length in space
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4.3
Longer than usual in length
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3.5
Arranged so they cover a wide area like papers fanned on a table
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5.5
Stretched wide over a large area
Made longer in time or size
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Etymology
Stretched comes from the old English verb streccan, which meant 'to make long' or 'to pull tight'. So when we say a view or land is stretched, think of pulling a sheet or carpet out to make it longer and wider, which is why it means 'spread out' over a large area.