Word Finder - stretch

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An act of stretching.

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I was right in the middle of a stretch when the phone rang.

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The ability to lengthen when pulled.

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That rubber band has quite a bit of stretch.

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A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration.

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It's a bit of a stretch to call Boris Karloff a comedian.

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A segment of a journey or route.

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It was an easy trip except for the last stretch, which took forever.

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A segment or length of material.

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a stretch of cloth

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A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it.

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A long reach in the direction of the ball with a foot remaining on the base by a first baseman in order to catch the ball sooner.

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Term of address for a tall person.

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The homestretch, the final straight section of the track leading to the finish.

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A length of time.

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A stretch limousine.

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To lengthen by pulling.

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I stretched the rubber band until it almost broke.

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To lengthen when pulled.

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The rubber band stretched almost to the breaking point.

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To pull tight.

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First, stretch the skin over the frame of the drum.

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To get more use than expected from a limited resource.

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I managed to stretch my coffee supply a few more days.

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To make inaccurate by exaggeration.

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To say crossing the street was brave is stretching the meaning of "brave" considerably.

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To extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point.

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The beach stretches from Cresswell to Amble.

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To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles

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Cats stretch with equal ease and agility beyond the point that breaks a man on the rack.

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To extend to a limit point

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His mustache stretched all the way to his sideburns.

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To increase.

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To stretch the truth; to exaggerate.

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a man apt to stretch in his report of facts

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To sail by the wind under press of canvas.

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The ship stretched to the eastward.

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To execute by hanging.

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To make great demands on the capacity or resources of something.