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    [Verb]  | "stretch" | \ ˈstrech \


    1: to extend (one's limbs, one's body, etc.) in a reclining position

    2: to reach out : extend

    3: to extend in length

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English strecchen, from Old English streccan; akin to Old High German strecchan to stretch, Old English stræc firm, severe;

    [Noun]  | "stretch" 


    1: an exercise of something (such as the understanding or the imagination) beyond ordinary or normal limits

    2: an extension of the scope or application of something

    3: the extent to which something may be stretched

    Origin: 1541 ;

    [Noun]  | "stretch-out" | \ ˈstrech-ˌau̇t \


    1: a system of industrial operation in which workers are required to do extra work with slight or with no additional pay

    2: the act of stretching out : the state of being stretched out

    3: an economizing measure that spreads a limited quantity over a larger field than originally intended: such as

    Origin: 1930 ;

    [Noun]  | "stretch receptor" 


    1: muscle spindle

    Origin: 1936 ;

    [Noun]  | "stretch runner" 


    1: a racehorse that makes a strong bid in the homestretch

    Origin: 1922 ;

    [Noun]  | "stretch limo" 


    1: a very large and fancy car that is longer than standard cars and that is driven by a professional driver

    [Adjective]  | "stretch" 


    1: easily stretched : elastic

    2: longer than the standard size

    Origin: 1954 ;

    [Plural noun]  | "stretch marks" 


    1: striae on the skin (as of the hips, abdomen, and breasts) from excessive stretching and rupture of elastic fibers especially due to pregnancy or obesity

    Origin: 1956 ;

    [Idiom]  | "stretch credulity" 


    1: to be hard to believe

    [Idiom]  | "stretch it" 


    1: to describe something as larger or greater than it really is : to exaggerate

    [Noun]  | "stretch" 


    1: a wide space or area;


      * e.g., " ... a narrow stretch of beach below the cliffs "



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    2: an indefinite but usually short period of time;


      * e.g., " ... there was a cardinal at our bird feeder for a short stretch last spring "



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    3: the distance or extent between possible extremes;


      * e.g., " ... the stories were written over a considerable stretch of time "



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    [Verb]  | "stretch" 


    1: to add to the interest of by including made-up details;


      * e.g., " ... it was stretching the truth to say she'd been in the movies: she was once an extra whose scene was cut in the final version "




    2: to injure by overuse, misuse, or pressure;


      * e.g., " ... I stretched a back muscle, and the pain is killing me "




    3: to make longer;


      * e.g., " ... the time it would take to fix the car got stretched from three hours to two days when the part we needed had to be ordered "



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    [Verb]  | "stretch (out)" 


    1: to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area;


      * e.g., " ... you can't stretch out your legs to the point where you're blocking the aisle "




    [Adjective]  | "stretch" 


    1: able to revert to original size and shape after being stretched, squeezed, or twisted;


      * e.g., " ... stretch fabrics that don't wrinkle or sag "




    [Adjective]  | "stretchy" 


    1: able to revert to original size and shape after being stretched, squeezed, or twisted;


      * e.g., " ... a stretchy hair band "




     [ "stretch" ]

    1: a tall, skinny person. not necessarily weak. used to greet someone.

      * e.g.,  ... whats up stretch? 

     [ "stretch" ]

    1: a limousine

      * e.g.,  ... Julio! Get the stretch! 

     [ "stretch" ]

    1: a long distance

      * e.g.,  ... whoy i ent goin there its a stretch 

     [ "stretch" ]

    1: The gain of money or drugs used for the bettering of ones life.

      * e.g.,  ... "...cuz I accumulated enough stretch just to navigate it, fully decorated on chrome..."  

     [ "stretch" ]

    1: A local country term for useless dole sponging travellers who avoid legitimate work by any means necessary

      * e.g.,  ... "Stretch alert! Look at them load of Strecth's laying that block paving then going to sign on" 

     [ "stretch" ]

    1: An insult to say to fatfuck people because they have stretch mark.

      * e.g.,  ... Hey Pam, why r u such a fatfuck stretch you mayo butter cunt slut. 

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    1: English travelling dole spongers with overinflated ego's,bad teeth, no hair and black stringy over stretched jumpers, holding a flee bitten dog on a bit of string.

      * e.g.,  ... "Coor did you smell that stretch swimming in that puddle of piss"? 

     [ "stretch" ]

    2: Often found in the early hours laying in doorways in a puddle of their own urine. term later used to refer to any remotely vagrant individual

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    1: (Verb) To get beaten badly at something, typically in a match or competition, alluding to the metaphor of getting penetrated.

      * e.g.,  ... Damn, they got a 38 point lead, and we're not even in the second half. We're getting stretched bro! 

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    2: Synonyms: Ass Kicked, Destroyed, Fucked Up, Wrecked.

     [ "Stretched" ]

    1: A used and abused pussy..

      * e.g.,  ... Rick: Hey man how was becca last night. 

     [ "Stretch" ]

    1: (n.) A term of incarceration in prison

      * e.g.,  ... I was put away for a long stretch. 

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