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    Definition of stretch in English Dictionary

  • 名詞 (Noun)PLstretches
    1. An act of stretching.
      1. I was right in the middle of a stretch when the phone rang.
      2. To say crossing the street was brave was quite a stretch.
    2. The ability to lengthen when pulled.
      1. That rubber band has quite a bit of stretch.
    3. A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief.
      1. It's a bit of a stretch to call Boris Karloff a comedian.
    4. A segment of a journey or route.
      1. It was an easy trip except for the last stretch, which took forever.
      2. It's a tough stretch of road in the winter, especially without chains.
    5. (baseball) A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it.
      1. (baseball) 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.
        1. A length of time.
          1. He did a 7-year stretch in jail.
        2. INF A term of address for a tall person.
          1. (Ireland) IDI extended daylight hours, especially said of the evening in springtime when compared to the shorter winter days.
            1. There is a grand stretch in the evenings.
        3. 動詞 (Verb)SGstretchesPRstretchingPT, PPstretchedPT, PPstraughtPT, PPstraight
          1. VT To lengthen by pulling.
            1. I stretched the rubber band until it almost broke. ‎
          2. VI To lengthen when pulled.
            1. The rubber band stretched almost to the breaking point. ‎
          3. VT To pull tight.
            1. First, stretch the skin over the frame of the drum. ‎
          4. (figuratively) VT To get more use than expected from a limited resource.
            1. I managed to stretch my coffee supply a few more days. ‎
          5. (figuratively) VT To make inaccurate by exaggeration.
            1. To say crossing the street was brave is stretching the meaning of "brave" considerably. ‎
          6. VI To extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point.
            1. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path […]. It twisted and turned, [ …] and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights.
          7. VI VT To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles.
            1. Cats stretch with equal ease and agility beyond the point that breaks a man on the rack. ‎
            2. I always stretch my muscles before exercising. ‎
          8. VI To extend to a limit point.
            1. His mustache stretched all the way to his sideburns. ‎
          9. VT To increase.
            1. Yakubu took advantage of John Ruddy's error to put the visitors back in front, with Chris Samba's header stretching their advantage.
          10. OBS COL To stretch the truth; to exaggerate.
            1. a man apt to stretch in his report of facts
          11. (nautical) To sail by the wind under press of canvas.
            1. The ship stretched to the eastward.
        4. より多くの例
          1. 文の途中で使用される
            • Antennal bases enlarged, forming straight bidentate horns, tapered and pointed ventroapically.
            • I wasn't thinking straightI'd had a skinful that night.
            • When it was finally time to board, we got on the train to find out that we’d been put in business class. This was a turn up for the book, reclining seats and room to stretch out a little.
          2. 文の終わに使われる
            • When sewing strip sets, use a lighthanded approach feeding the strips under the presser foot so the crosswise grain isn't stretched.
            • The cat will wake up in a tightly curled position, then untuck her head, and gradually her limbs, and then stretch.
            • To say crossing the street was brave was quite a stretch.
        • 品詞階層 (Part-of-Speech Hierarchy)
          1. 名詞
            • 可算名詞
            • 動詞
              • 能格動詞
                • 自動詞
                  • 他動詞
                関連リンク:
                1. en stretched
                2. en stretching
                3. en stretches
                4. en stretcher
                5. en stretchy
                出典: ウィクショナリー

                Meaning of stretch for the defined word.

                文法的に、この単語"stretch"は 名詞、より具体的に、可算名詞です。また動詞、より具体的に、能格動詞、 自動詞他動詞です。
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