Definition von stretch(a) im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- having an elongated seating area; "a stretch limousine
- stretch
- To extend one’s limbs or body in order to stretch the muscles
Cats stretch with equal ease and agility beyond the point that breaks a man on the rack.
- stretch
- A course of thought which similarly diverts from 'straight' logic
- stretch
- To extend from limit point to limit point
The beach stretches from Cresswell to Amble.
- stretch
- To be inaccurate by exaggeration
To say crossing the street was brave is stretching the meaning of brave considerably.
- stretch
- To lengthen by pulling
I stretched the rubber band until it almost broke.
- stretch
- A segment of a journey or route
It was an easy trip except for the last stretch, which took forever.
- stretch
- To pull tight
First, stretch the skin over the frame of the drum.
- stretch
- A length of time
He did a 7-year stretch in jail.
- stretch
- 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
- stretch
- To get more use than expected from a limited resource
I managed to stretch my coffee supply a few more days.
- stretch
- To lengthen when pulled
The rubber band stretched almost to the breaking point.
- stretch
- An act of stretching
To say crossing the street was brave was quite a stretch.
- stretch
- A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it
- stretch
- The ability to lengthen when pulled
That rubber band has quite a bit of stretch.
- stretch limo
- A luxury car which is specially built to be longer than normal
- stretch limos
- plural form of stretch limo
- stretch mark
- Any of a series of red, irregular stripes on the surface of the skin caused by rapid growth of the tissues lying just underneath. They usually appear as a result of pregnancy, puberty or obesity, but can also be caused by rapid muscle growth
- stretch marks
- plural form of stretch mark, skin blemishes resulting from a pregnancy that women tend to be overly self-conscious about
As I write this, I am reminded of the scene from Shirley Valentine, when, to Shirley's amazement, her Greek lover kissed her stretch marks, referring to them as symbols of beauty.
- stretch one's legs
- To walk about, especially after prolonged time sitting or lying down
I needed to stretch my legs after spending all day sitting around in meetings.
- stretch out
- To lie fully extended
My cat likes stretching out in front of the fire.
- stretch out
- To fully extend a part of the body
Stretch your arms out above your head.
- stretch the truth
- to exaggerate, often to the point where the truth is obscured or lost
- stretch
- {v} to extend, strain, expand, display, advance as a ship close hauled under a press of sail
- stretch
- {n} an extension, effort, more than truth, a tack in sailing
- stretch the rules
- (deyim) Do something or to allow someone to do something which is not usually allowed
- stretch
- {i} act of stretching; condition of being stretched; large expanse; stretchiness, elasticity; duration of time; period of imprisonment
- stretch
- To be extended; to be drawn out in length or in breadth, or both; to spread; to reach; as, the iron road stretches across the continent; the lake stretches over fifty square miles
- stretch
- A stretch of time is a period of time. after an 18-month stretch in the army He would study for eight to ten hours at a stretch
- stretch
- If something stretches your money or resources, it uses them up so you have hardly enough for your needs. The drought there is stretching American resources Public expenditure was being stretched to the limit by having to support 3 million unemployed people
- stretch
- If something stretches from one time to another, it begins at the first time and ends at the second, which is longer than expected. a working day that stretches from seven in the morning to eight at night
- stretch
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"
- stretch
- The reach or extent of a vessel's progress on one tack; a tack or board
- stretch
- (n) the degree to which a material can accommodate deforming tension; (v) the tensioning of screen printing fabric preparatory to securing it to the printing frame, or by self-stretching frame
- stretch
- To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings
- stretch
- A stretch of road, water, or land is a length or area of it. It's a very dangerous stretch of road
- stretch
- To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile substances
- stretch
- A continuous line or surface; a continuous space of time; as, grassy stretches of land
- stretch
- An increase in length
- stretch
- increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance; "stretch the soup by adding some more cream"; "extend the casserole with a little rice"
- stretch
- n a form of shoot where one wrestler dominates rather than injures the other as a proof of personal superiority
- stretch
- exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent a straightaway section of a racetrack the capacity for being stretched a large and unbroken expanse or distance; "a stretch of highway"; "a stretch of clear water"
- stretch
- emphasis If you say that something is not true or possible by any stretch of the imagination, you are emphasizing that it is completely untrue or absolutely impossible. Her husband was not a womaniser by any stretch of the imagination
- stretch
- A carpet installation term for the give in carpet when it is pulled over pad onto tackless strips
- stretch
- easily stretched; "stretch hosiery
- stretch
- Something that stretches over an area or distance covers or exists in the whole of that area or distance. The procession stretched for several miles an artificial reef stretching the length of the coast. = extend
- stretch
- When you stretch, you put your arms or legs out straight and tighten your muscles. He yawned and stretched Try stretching your legs and pulling your toes upwards She arched her back and stretched herself. Stretch is also a noun. At the end of a workout spend time cooling down with some slow stretches. + stretching stretch·ing Make sure no awkward stretching is required
- stretch
- The extent to which anything may be stretched
- stretch a point
- act leniently
- stretch limo
- A stretch limo is a very long and luxurious car in which a rich, famous, or important person is driven somewhere. a very large comfortable car that has been made longer than usual
- stretch mark
- A shiny line on the skin of the abdomen, breasts, thighs, or buttocks that is often lighter than the surrounding skin and is caused by the stretching and weakening of elastic tissues as a result of pregnancy or obesity, for example. a mark left on your skin as a result of it stretching too much, especially during pregnancy
- stretch out
- If you stretch out a part of your body, you hold it out straight. He was about to stretch out his hand to grab me
- stretch out
- thrust or extend out; "He held out his hand"; "point a finger"; "extend a hand"; "the bee exserted its sting"
- stretch out
- If you stretch out or stretch yourself out, you lie with your legs and body in a straight line. The jacuzzi was too small to stretch out in Moira stretched herself out on the lower bench
- stretch reflex
- reflex contraction of a muscle when an attached tendon is pulled; important in maintaining erect posture
