STRETCH

Stretch

Randy Walker, better known by his stage name Stretch, was an American rapper and producer.

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stretch

Noun

  1. An act of stretching.
    I was right in the middle of a stretch when the phone rang.
    To say crossing the street was brave was quite a stretch.
  2. The ability to lengthen when pulled.
    That rubber band has quite a bit of stretch.
  3. A course of thought which similarly diverts from 'straight' logic
  4. A segment of a journey or route.
    It was an easy trip except for the last stretch, which took forever.
  5. A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it.
  6. A long reach in the direction of the ball with a foot remaining on the base by a first baseman in order to catch the ball sooner.
  7. A length of time.
    He did a 7-year stretch in jail.

Verb

  1. To lengthen by pulling.
  2. To lengthen when pulled.
  3. To pull tight.
  4. To get more use than expected from a limited resource.
  5. To make inaccurate by exaggeration.
  6. To extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point.
  7. To extend one’s limbs or body in order to stretch the muscles.
  8. To extend to a limit point
  9. To increase.
  10. To stretch the truth; to exaggerate.
    a man apt to stretch in his report of facts
  11. To sail by the wind under press of canvas.
    The ship stretched to the eastward.


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