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a. & n. from Stretch, v.
STRETCH
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Stretch
n.
An instrument for stretching boots or gloves.
v. t.
To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one's credit.
n.
A limited reciprocating motion of a particle of an elastic body or medium in alternately opposite directions from its position of equilibrium, when that equilibrium has been disturbed, as when a stretched cord or other body produces musical notes, or particles of air transmit sounds to the ear. The path of the particle may be in a straight line, in a circular arc, or in any curve whatever.
v. i.
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.
n.
The frame upon which canvas is stretched for a painting.
n.
Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal.
v. i.
To extend or spread one's self, or one's limbs; as, the lazy man yawns and stretches.
v. t.
To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle.
v. i.
To strain the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to stretch in his report of facts.
n.
Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the imagination.
v. t.
To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings.
n.
The extent to which anything may be stretched.
v. i.
To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the ship stretched to the eastward.
v. t.
To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope.
n.
A continuous line or surface; a continuous space of time; as, grassy stretches of land.
n.
One who, or that which, stretches.
v. i.
To move to and fro, or from side to side, as a pendulum, an elastic rod, or a stretched string, when disturbed from its position of rest; to swing; to oscillate.
imp. & p. p.
of Stretch
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