stretch

stretch is a 7-letter English word with 36 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To reach out; to extend; to put forth. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 12 · 36 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To reach out; to extend; to put forth.
2. transitive verb. To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope.
3. transitive verb. To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings.
4. transitive verb. To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly.
5. transitive verb. To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle.
6. transitive verb. To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one's credit.
7. intransitive verb. To be extended; to be drawn out in length or in breadth, or both; to spread; to reach; as, the iron road stretches across the continent; the lake stretches over fifty square miles.
8. intransitive verb. To extend or spread one's self, or one's limbs; as, the lazy man yawns and stretches.
9. intransitive verb. To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile substances.
10. intransitive verb. To strain the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to stretch in his report of facts.
11. intransitive verb. To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the ship stretched to the eastward.
12. noun. Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the imagination.
13. noun. A continuous line or surface; a continuous space of time; as, grassy stretches of land.
14. noun. The extent to which anything may be stretched.
15. noun. The reach or extent of a vessel's progress on one tack; a tack or board.
16. noun. Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal.
17. noun. the act of physically reaching or thrusting out

    Synonyms: reach, reaching

18. noun. extension to or beyond the ordinary limit

    "running at full stretch"

    "by no stretch of the imagination"

19. noun. exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent

    Synonyms: stretching

20. noun. a straightaway section of a racetrack
21. noun. the capacity for being stretched

    Synonyms: stretchability, stretchiness

22. noun. a large and unbroken expanse or distance

    "a stretch of highway"

    "a stretch of clear water"

23. noun. an unbroken period of time during which you do something

    "there were stretches of boredom"

    "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary"

    Synonyms: stint

24. verb. extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body

    "Stretch your legs!"

    "Extend your right arm above your head"

    Synonyms: extend

25. verb. extend one's body or limbs

    "Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours"

26. verb. increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance

    "stretch the soup by adding some more cream"

    "extend the casserole with a little rice"

    Synonyms: extend

27. verb. become longer by being stretched and pulled

    "The fabric stretches"

28. verb. make long or longer by pulling and stretching

    "stretch the fabric"

    Synonyms: elongate

29. verb. corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones

    "adulterate liquor"

    Synonyms: adulterate, debase, dilute, load

30. verb. extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly

    "Stretch the limits"

    "stretch my patience"

31. verb. pull in opposite directions

    "During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack"

32. verb. lie down comfortably

    "To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass"

33. verb. extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length

    "Unfold the newspaper"

    "stretch out that piece of cloth"

    Synonyms: extend, unfold

34. verb. occupy a large, elongated area

    "The park stretched beneath the train line"

35. adjective. easily stretched

    "stretch hosiery"

36. adjective. having an elongated seating area

    "a stretch limousine"

Synonyms

reach, reaching, stretching, stretchability, stretchiness, stint, extend, elongate, adulterate, debase, dilute, load, unfold

Common word forms

stretched, stretcher, stretches, stretching, stretchable

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