stretched

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. (of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching“well-stretched muscles are less susceptible to injury”
  2. extended or spread over a wide area or distance“broad fields lay stretched on both sides of us”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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[aum]cka, Dan. straekke; cf. AS. straeck, 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. [1913 Webster]

And stretch forth his neck long and small.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]
I in conquest stretched mine arm.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope. [1913 Webster]

3.To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings. [1913 Webster]

4.To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly. [1913 Webster]

The ox hath therefore stretched his yoke in vain.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

5.To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle. [1913 Webster]

Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve.— Doddridge.[1913 Webster]

6.To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one's credit. [1913 Webster]

They take up, one day, the most violent and stretched prerogative.— Burke.[1913 Webster]
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