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Adjective stretching has 1 sense
- stretching, wide-spreading - extending far; "beyond the misty gray of the rain he saw the stretching hutment"; "wide-spreading plains"
Antonym: narrow (indirect, via wide)
Noun stretching has 2 senses
- stretching - act of expanding by lengthening or widening
--1 is a kind of expansion, enlargement
--1 has particulars: tension; extension
- stretch, stretching - exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
--2 is a kind of exercise, exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout
--2 has particulars: pandiculation
Verb stretch has 11 senses
- stretch, stretch along - occupy a large, elongated area; "The park stretched beneath the train line"
--1 is one way to be
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
- stretch, extend - extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body; "Stretch your legs!"; "Extend your right arm above your head"
--2 is one way to tense, strain, tense up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
=> Somebody ----s
- unfold, stretch, stretch out, extend - extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna"
--3 is one way to change shape, change form, deform
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
- stretch - become longer by being stretched and pulled; "The fabric stretches"
--4 is one way to grow
Antonyms: shrink, contract
Sample sentence:
These fabrics stretch easily
- elongate, stretch - make long or longer by pulling and stretching; "stretch the fabric"
--5 is one way to lengthen
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- stretch, stretch out - lie down comfortably; "To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass"
--6 is one way to lie down, lie
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- stretch - pull in opposite directions; "During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack"
--7 is one way to pull, draw, force
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- stretch - extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly; "Stretch the limits"; "stretch my patience"; "stretch the imagination"
--8 is one way to widen, broaden, extend
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase - corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"
--9 is one way to corrupt, spoil
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- extend, stretch - increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance; "stretch the soup by adding some more cream"; "extend the casserole with a little rice"
--10 is one way to increase
Sample sentences:
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- stretch, stretch out - extend one's body or limbs; "Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours"
--11 is one way to move
Sample sentence:
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