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Stretching : adj : extending far; "beyond the misty gray of the rain he saw the
stretching hutment"; "wide-spreading plains" [syn: stretching(a),
wide-spreading]
(noun)
1: act of expanding by lengthening or widening
2: exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their
full extent [syn: stretch]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Stretch \Stretch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stretched; p. pr. & vb.
n. Stretching.] [OE. strecchen, AS. streccan; akin to D.
strekken, G. strecken, OHG. strecchen, Sw. str["a]cka, Dan.
str[ae]kke; cf. AS. str[ae]ck, strec, strong, violent, G.
strack straight; of uncertain origin, perhaps akin to E.
strong. Cf. Straight.]
1. To reach out; to extend; to put forth.
And stretch forth his neck long and small.
--Chaucer.
I in conquest stretched mine arm. --Shak.
2. To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a
straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope.
3. To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as,
to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings.
4. To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly.
The ox hath therefore stretched his yoke in vain.
--Shak.
5. To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to
stretch a tendon or muscle.
Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve. --Doddridge.
6. To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the
truth; to stretch one's credit.
They take up, one day, the most violent and
stretched prerogative. --Burke.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Stretching : \Stretch"ing\,
a. & n. from Stretch, v.
Stretching course (Masonry), a course or series of
stretchers. See Stretcher, 2. --Britton.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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