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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;

    [Adjective]  | "stretchable" 


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


      * e.g., " ... stretchable gloves "





    [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 "





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