Definitions for stretcher

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stretcher stretch·er

Spelling: [strech-er]

IPA: /ˈstrɛtʃ ər/

Stretcher is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 214 anagrams from letters in stretcher (ceehrrstt).

Definitions for stretcher

noun

1. Medicine/Medical. a kind of litter, often of canvas stretched on a frame, for carrying the sick, wounded, or dead. a similar litter on wheels, adapted for use in ambulances and hospitals.
2. a person or thing that stretches.
3. any of various instruments for extending, widening, distending, etc.
4. a bar, beam, or fabricated material, serving as a tie or brace.
5. Masonry. a brick or stone laid in a wall so that its longer edge is exposed or parallel to the surface. Compare header (def 5a).
6. a simple wooden framework on which the canvas for an oil painting is stretched.
7. Furniture. a framework connecting and bracing the legs of a piece of furniture. one member of this framework.
8. a crosspiece that is set athwart and near the bottom in a small boat, and against which the feet of a rower are braced.
9. one of the thin, sliding rods connecting the canopy and handle of an umbrella.
10. an act or instance of stretching.
11. the state of being stretched.
12. a continuous length, distance, tract, or expanse:
13. Horse Racing. the backstretch or homestretch of a racetrack.
14. Baseball. a short windup, usually used to keep base runners from taking too long a lead, in which the pitcher starts the pitching motion with hands together at the waist, raises them to or above the head, brings them back to the waist, and, after a momentary pause, delivers the ball.
15. an extent in time; duration:
16. elasticity or capacity for extension.
17. Slang. a term of imprisonment:
18. the act or fact of stretching or extending something beyond reasonable or proper limits:
19. (initial capital letter) a nickname for a tall, lanky person.

adjective

1. made of synthetic or composite yarn having a sufficiently low denier or having been subjected to any of several special mechanical treatments to permit increased elasticity:
2. (of yarn) modified or twisted so as to afford high elasticity.
3. Also, stretched. of or relating to a conveyance, as a limousine or airliner, whose seating area is expanded to carry more passengers or afford greater legroom and to allow space for other comforts and amenities.

verb (used with object)

1. to stretch (canvas for a painting) on a stretcher.
2. to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out):
3. to hold out, reach forth, or extend (one's arm, head, etc.).
4. to extend, spread, or place (something) so as to reach from one point or place to another:
5. to draw tight or taut:
6. to lengthen, widen, distend, or enlarge by tension:
7. to draw out, extend, or enlarge unduly:
8. to extend, force, or make serve beyond the normal or proper limits; strain:
9. to extend or strain (oneself) to the utmost, as by intense exertion; tax.
10. to increase the quantity of (a beverage, food, paint, etc.) by dilution or admixing:
11. Radio and Television. to prolong or slow down (action or pace) in order not to end too early:

verb (used without object)

1. to recline at full length (usually followed by out):
2. to extend the hand or to reach, as for something.
3. to extend over a distance or area or in a particular direction:
4. to extend in time:
5. to stretch oneself by extending the limbs and lengthening the muscles to the utmost:
6. to become stretched, or admit of being stretched, to greater length, width, etc., as any elastic or ductile material.
7. Radio and Television. to reduce the pace or slow down the action of a radio or television program.

Origin of stretcher

First recorded in 1375-1425, stretcher is from the late Middle English word stretcher. See stretch, -er¹

Examples for stretcher

Two attendants came in, bearing Captain Beaudoin on a stretcher.

Blaise had been laid on a stretcher provided with a mattress.

I was always seeing him on a stretcher, with his head smashed.

They carry it like a stretcher, though they're missing one stretcher-bearer.

Prep work now short- circuited, Carter kicked the ammo cans out of the way and snatched up the stretcher.

There was a stretcher near their position— someone had brought it out earlier and leaned it up near the truck.

And the next time his friend saw Moses, it was online; his bloody body was slapped on a stretcher.

At the station I got a cup of hot milk, and spent the night on a stretcher.

Paramedics now headed into the shop with a stretcher to aid the gunman.

The young fellow was lying on his back on the stretcher, looking very pale.