We found 38 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word stretch:
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 General (25 matching dictionaries)
- stretch: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
- stretch: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
- stretch: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
- Stretch: Wiktionary [home, info]
- stretch: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
- stretch: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
- stretch: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
- stretch: Dictionary.com [home, info]
- stretch (n.), stretch (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
- stretch: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
- stretch: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
- stretch: Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms [home, info]
- Stretch (album), Stretch (computer), Stretch (ghost), Stretch (rapper), Stretch, The stretch: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
- stretch: Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs [home, info]
- Stretch: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
- stretch: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
- stretch: Rhymezone [home, info]
- stretch: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
- stretch: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
- stretch: Free Dictionary [home, info]
- stretch: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
- stretch: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
- Stretch, stretch: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
- stretch: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
- stretch: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations [home, info]
Art (1 matching dictionary)
- stretch: The Organon: A Conceptually Indexed Dictionary (by Genus and Differentia) [home, info]
Business (2 matching dictionaries)
- Stretch: Construction Term Glossary [home, info]
- Stretch: eyefortransport e-commerce transportation glossary [home, info]
Computing (1 matching dictionary)
- stretch: Encyclopedia [home, info]
Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
- stretch: online medical dictionary [home, info]
- STRETCH: Medical dictionary [home, info]
Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
- STRETCH: Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary [home, info]
- STRETCH: AbbreviationZ [home, info]
- stretch: Idioms [home, info]
Science (2 matching dictionaries)
- Stretch: Biological Sciences Dictionary [home, info]
- Stretch: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics [home, info]
Slang (1 matching dictionary)
- stretch: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom [home, info]
Tech (1 matching dictionary)
- stretch: Book Binding [home, info]
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Quick definitions (stretch)
▸ noun: extension to or beyond the ordinary limit ("Running at full stretch")
▸ noun: exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
▸ noun: a straightaway section of a racetrack
▸ noun: the capacity for being stretched
▸ noun: a large and unbroken expanse or distance ("A stretch of highway")
▸ noun: an unbroken period of time during which you do something ("There were stretches of boredom")
▸ noun: the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
▸ verb: become longer by being stretched and pulled ("The fabric stretches")
▸ verb: occupy a large, elongated area ("The park stretched beneath the train line")
▸ verb: extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body ("Stretch your legs!")
▸ verb: extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly ("Stretch the limits")
▸ verb: extend one's body or limbs ("Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours")
▸ verb: pull in opposite directions ("During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack")
▸ verb: lie down comfortably ("To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass")
▸ verb: extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length ("Stretch out that piece of cloth")
▸ verb: make long or longer by pulling and stretching ("Stretch the fabric")
▸ verb: corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
▸ verb: increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance ("Stretch the soup by adding some more cream")
▸ adjective: easily stretched ("Stretch hosiery")
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #21203)
▸ U.S. pronunciation (credits)
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