Definitions for stretches

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stretches stretch

Spelling: [strech]

IPA: /strɛtʃ/

Stretches is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 257 anagrams from letters in stretches (ceehrsstt).

Definitions for stretches

noun

1. an act or instance of stretching.
2. the state of being stretched.
3. a continuous length, distance, tract, or expanse:
4. Horse Racing. the backstretch or homestretch of a racetrack.
5. 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.
6. an extent in time; duration:
7. elasticity or capacity for extension.
8. Slang. a term of imprisonment:
9. the act or fact of stretching or extending something beyond reasonable or proper limits:
10. (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 draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out):
2. to hold out, reach forth, or extend (one's arm, head, etc.).
3. to extend, spread, or place (something) so as to reach from one point or place to another:
4. to draw tight or taut:
5. to lengthen, widen, distend, or enlarge by tension:
6. to draw out, extend, or enlarge unduly:
7. to extend, force, or make serve beyond the normal or proper limits; strain:
8. to extend or strain (oneself) to the utmost, as by intense exertion; tax.
9. to increase the quantity of (a beverage, food, paint, etc.) by dilution or admixing:
10. 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 stretches

before 900; Middle English strecchen (v.), Old English streccan; cognate with Dutch strekken, German strecken; akin to Old English stræc firm, hard, Middle Dutch strac stiff. See Examples for stretches

His 130-day stretch withered his body down to 140 pounds—80 pounds lighter than when he departed from Africa.

“You need to stretch kids slightly outside their comfort zones, but never have surprises,” she said.

So this part of my restraint was doubtless a stretch of the authority given him.

Mesopotamia, therefore, meant a stretch of land "between the rivers."

You were arrested in Buffalo, convicted, and served your stretch.

They started with Not Fade Away and went from one song to another over a 14 minute stretch.

While obviously not as cartoonish as the deluded leaders in The Office, du Pont seemed to stretch credulity at times.

If he were allowed to stretch out after the mare, what would the result be?

It seemed almost too great a stretch for even her imagination.

The plan is to stretch it out as long as possible, then probably forget about it, and then suddenly remember it.