Found 3 items, similar to stretched.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: stretched
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: stretched
stretched
adj 1: (of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching;
“well-stretched muscles are less susceptible to
injury”
2: (of the body) extended to full length;
“he lay stretched out
on the bed”;
“stretched her calves before running” [syn:
stretched out
]
3: extended or spread over a wide area or distance;
“broad
fields lay stretched on both sides of us”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Stretched
Stretch
\Stretch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Stretched; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Stretching.] [OE. strecchen, AS. streccan; akin to D.
strekken, G. strecken, OHG. strecchen, Sw. str["a]cka, Dan.
str[ae]kke; cf. AS. str[ae]ck, strec, strong, violent, G.
strack straight; of uncertain origin, perhaps akin to E.
strong. Cf.
Straight.]
1. To reach out; to extend; to put forth.
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And stretch forth his neck long and small.
--Chaucer.
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I in conquest stretched mine arm. --Shak.
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2. To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a
straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope.
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3. To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as,
to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings.
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4. To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly.
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The ox hath therefore stretched his yoke in vain.
--Shak.
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5. To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to
stretch a tendon or muscle.
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Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve. --Doddridge.
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6. To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the
truth; to stretch one's credit.
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They take up, one day, the most violent and
stretched prerogative. --Burke.
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