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stretch

The English word “stretch” has 31 meanings listed here.

  1. To lengthen by pulling.
  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 make inaccurate by exaggeration.
  8. To make great demands on the capacity or resources of something.
  9. To increase.
  10. To increase, to grow.
  11. To sail by the wind under press of canvas.
  12. To make a pulse or particle bunch longer by applying dispersion to it.
  13. To execute by hanging.
  14. To stretch the truth; to exaggerate.
  15. An act of stretching.
  16. The ability to lengthen when pulled.
  17. A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration.
  18. A segment of a journey or route.
  19. A segment or length of material.
  20. A walk.
  21. A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it.
  22. 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.
  23. Term of address for a tall person.
  24. The homestretch, the final straight section of the track leading to the finish.
  25. A length of time.
  26. Extended daylight hours, especially said of the evening in springtime when compared to the shorter winter days.
  27. The period of the season between the trade deadline and the beginning of the playoffs.
  28. A jail or prison term.
  29. A jail or prison term of one year's duration.
  30. A single uninterrupted sitting; a turn.
  31. Ellipsis of stretch limousine.
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