Stretch
41stretch — 1. n. a period of time. (Folksy.) □ Let’s talk here for a stretch and then go up and see if dinner’s ready. □ I sat there for a stretch and then got up and kept going. 2. n. a prison term. □ I was away for a stretch of about seven years …
42stretch — verb 1》 (of something soft or elastic) be made or be able to be made longer or wider without tearing or breaking. ↘pull (something) tightly from one point to another or across a space. 2》 straighten or extend one s body or a part of one s… …
43stretch — 1. verb 1) this material stretches Syn: be elastic, be stretchy, be tensile 2) he stretched the elastic Syn: pull (out), draw out, extend, lengthen, elongate, expand 3) stretch your we …
44STRETCH — Symptom Tolerability Response to Exercise Trial of Candesartan Cilexetil in Patients with Heart Failure * * * stretch strech vt 1) to extend in length <was told to stretch the leg muscles before running> 2) to enlarge or distend esp. by… …
45stretch — [OE] Stretch comes from a prehistoric West Germanic *strakkjan (source also of German strecken and Dutch strekken). This was formed from a base *strak , which probably also produced English straggle [14]. It is not certain where *strak came from …
46stretch — n 1. American a tall, thin person. A term of cheerful mockery. The equivalent of the British streak, or rather the nickname ► Lofty , since stretch is often a term of address. ► How re y keeping, Stretch? 2. a period of imprisonment. This under… …
47stretch — 1. a period of imprisonment A shortened form of stretch of years: The bosses get the longest stretch in the penitentiary. (L. Thomas, 1979) 2. (the) a shortage of liquidity or assets The jargon of businessmen who are short of cash …
48stretch — [OE] Stretch comes from a prehistoric West Germanic *strakkjan (source also of German strecken and Dutch strekken). This was formed from a base *strak , which probably also produced English straggle [14]. It is not certain where *strak came from …
49stretch — Synonyms and related words: adaptability, adaptable, adaptive, add to, aesthetic distance, aggrandize, airing, amble, amplify, amplitude, and quarter, answer, archery ground, area, athletic field, athletics, augment, avail, badminton court,… …
50stretch — I n. final phase to fade in the stretch II v. (N; used with an adjective) we stretched the rope tight * * * [stretʃ] (N; used with an adjective) we stretched the rope tight [ final phase ] to fade in the stretch …
