stretch

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stretch
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Meanings
verb
  • (of something soft or elastic) be made or be capable of being made longer or wider without tearing or breaking.
    E.g. my jumper stretched in the wash
  • straighten or extend one's body or a part of one's body to its full length, typically so as to tighten one's muscles or in order to reach something.
    E.g. the cat yawned and stretched
  • extend or spread over an area or period of time.
    E.g. the beach stretches for over four miles
  • make great demands on the capacity or resources of.
    E.g. the cost of the court case has stretched their finances to the limit
noun
  • an act of stretching one's limbs or body.
    E.g. I got up and had a stretch
  • a continuous area or expanse of land or water.
    E.g. a treacherous stretch of road
  • a stretch limo.
    E.g. a chauffeur-driven stretch

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