verb#4,169 by frequency
stretch
/stɹɛt͡ʃ/
To lengthen by pulling; To lengthen when pulled; To pull tight; To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body, for example in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles
- he/she/it
- stretches
- past participle
- stretched
Meanings
- 1
To lengthen by pulling
I stretched out my arms.
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I stretched out my legs.
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- 2
To lengthen when pulled
- 3
To pull tight
- 4
To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body, for example in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles
- 5
To extend physically, especially from a limit point and/or to a limit point
- 6
To get more use than expected from a limited resource
- 7
To increase
- 8
To increase, to grow
- 9
To make inaccurate by exaggerationrare
- 10
To make great demands on the capacity or resources of somethingrare