Crossword-Solution: STRETCH
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Stretch | v. t. | To reach out; to extend; to put forth. |
| Stretch | v. t. | To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope. |
| Stretch | v. t. | To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings. |
| Stretch | v. t. | To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly. |
| Stretch | v. t. | To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle. |
| Stretch | v. t. | To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one's credit. |
| Stretch | v. i. | To be extended; to be drawn out in length or in breadth, or both; to spread; to reach; as, the iron road stretches across the continent; the lake stretches over fifty square miles. |
| Stretch | v. i. | To extend or spread one's self, or one's limbs; as, the lazy man yawns and stretches. |
| Stretch | v. i. | To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile substances. |
| Stretch | v. i. | To strain the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to stretch in his report of facts. |
| Stretch | v. i. | To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the ship stretched to the eastward. |
| Stretch | n. | Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the imagination. |
| Stretch | n. | A continuous line or surface; a continuous space of time; as, grassy stretches of land. |
| Stretch | n. | The extent to which anything may be stretched. |
| Stretch | n. | The reach or extent of a vessel's progress on one tack; a tack or board. |
| Stretch | n. | Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal. |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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eruption
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Sentences with STRETCH (5)
His shrunken brown flannel dress had been washed many times and left a long stretch of stocking between the hem of his skirt and the tops of his clumsy, copper-toed shoes.
The alternations of night and day grew slower and slower, and so did the passage of the sun across the sky, until they seemed to stretch through centuries.
Several farm waggons and carts were moving creakily along the road to Addlestone, and suddenly through the gate of a field we saw, across a stretch of flat meadow, six twelve-pounders standing neatly at equal distances pointing towards Woking.
The long street which connected Moonstone with the depot settlement traversed in its course a considerable stretch of rough open country, staked out in lots but not built up at all, a weedy hiatus between the town and the railroad.
Martha, who was a poor apprentice at a milliner's, then told them what kind of work she had to do, and how many hours she worked at a stretch, and how she meant to lie abed to-morrow morning for a good long rest; to-morrow being a holiday she passed at home.
Quotes with STRETCH (3)
But love is always new. Regardless of whether we love once, twice, or a dozen times in our life, we always face a brand-new situation. Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere. We simply have to accept it, because it is what nourishes our existence. If we reject it, we die of hunger, because we lack the courage to stretch out a hand and pluck the fruit from the branches of the tree of life. We have to take love where we find it, even if tha…
No man is brave that has never walked a hundred miles. If you want to know the truth of who you are, walk until not a person knows your name. Travel is the great leveler, the great teacher, bitter as medicine, crueler than mirror-glass. A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of quiet.
But when you're concerned that the miserable, boring wasteland in front of you might stretch all the way into forever, not knowing feels strangely hope-like.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Rock & Roll, Slate, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 92 times in crossword archives (1951–2025).