NOUN
  • Definition - An act of stretching.
  • Example - I was right in the middle of a stretch when the phone rang.
  • Definition - The ability to lengthen when pulled.
  • Example - That rubber band has quite a bit of stretch.
  • Definition - A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration.
  • Example - It's a bit of a stretch to call Boris Karloff a comedian.
  • Definition - A segment of a journey or route.
  • Example - It was an easy trip except for the last stretch, which took forever.
  • Definition - A segment or length of material.
  • Example - a stretch of cloth
  • Definition - A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it.
  • Example - a stretch of cloth
  • Definition - 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.
  • Example - a stretch of cloth
  • Definition - Term of address for a tall person.
  • Example - a stretch of cloth
  • Definition - The homestretch, the final straight section of the track leading to the finish.
  • Example - a stretch of cloth
  • Definition - A length of time.
  • Example - a stretch of cloth
  • Definition - A stretch limousine.
  • Example - a stretch of cloth
VERB
  • Definition - To lengthen by pulling.
  • Example - I stretched the rubber band until it almost broke.
  • Definition - To lengthen when pulled.
  • Example - The rubber band stretched almost to the breaking point.
  • Definition - To pull tight.
  • Example - First, stretch the skin over the frame of the drum.
  • Definition - To get more use than expected from a limited resource.
  • Example - I managed to stretch my coffee supply a few more days.
  • Definition - To make inaccurate by exaggeration.
  • Example - To say crossing the street was brave is stretching the meaning of "brave" considerably.
  • Definition - To extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point.
  • Example - The beach stretches from Cresswell to Amble.
  • Definition - To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles
  • Example - Cats stretch with equal ease and agility beyond the point that breaks a man on the rack.
  • Definition - To extend to a limit point
  • Example - His mustache stretched all the way to his sideburns.
  • Definition - To increase.
  • Example - His mustache stretched all the way to his sideburns.
  • Definition - To stretch the truth; to exaggerate.
  • Example - a man apt to stretch in his report of facts
  • Definition - To sail by the wind under press of canvas.
  • Example - The ship stretched to the eastward.
  • Definition - To execute by hanging.
  • Example - The ship stretched to the eastward.
  • Definition - To make great demands on the capacity or resources of something.
  • Example - The ship stretched to the eastward.
Words in your word
9 Letter Words
stretches 14
5 Letter Words
cheer 10 chert 10 chess 10 chest 10 eches 10 retch 10 techs 10 ether 8 heres 8 hests 8 sheer 8 sheet 8 teeth 8 teths 8 there 8 these 8 three 8 ceres 7 certs 7 cetes 7 cress 7 crest 7 erect 7 scree 7 sects 7 terce 7 erses 5 ester 5 reest 5 reses 5 reset 5 rests 5 seers 5 seres 5 setts 5 steer 5 stere 5 stets 5 teres 5 terse 5 tests 5 trees 5 tress 5 trets 5
4 Letter Words
eche 9 echt 9 etch 9 tech 9 eths 7 here 7 hers 7 hest 7 hets 7 resh 7 sesh 7 shes 7 teth 7 thee 7 cees 6 cere 6 cert 6 cess 6 cete 6 recs 6 secs 6 sect 6 tecs 6 erst 4 eses 4 esse 4 ests 4 rees 4 rest 4 rete 4 rets 4 seer 4 sees 4 sere 4 sers 4 sets 4 sett 4 stet 4 tees 4 test 4 tets 4 tree 4 tres 4 tret 4
3 Letter Words
eth 6 her 6 hes 6 het 6 she 6 the 6 cee 5 rec 5 sec 5 tec 5 ere 3 ers 3 ess 3 est 3 ree 3 res 3 ret 3 see 3 ser 3 set 3 tee 3 tes 3 tet 3
2 Letter Words
eh 5 he 5 sh 5 er 2 es 2 et 2 re 2 te 2
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