Transcription
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- [strech]
- /strɛtʃ/
- /stretʃ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [strech]
- /strɛtʃ/
Definitions of stretch word
- verb with object stretch to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground. 1
- verb with object stretch to hold out, reach forth, or extend (one's arm, head, etc.). 1
- verb with object stretch to extend, spread, or place (something) so as to reach from one point or place to another: to stretch a rope across a road. 1
- verb with object stretch to draw tight or taut: to stretch the strings of a violin. 1
- verb with object stretch to lengthen, widen, distend, or enlarge by tension: to stretch a rubber band. 1
- verb with object stretch to draw out, extend, or enlarge unduly: The jacket was stretched at the elbows. 1
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Origin of stretch
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English strecchen (v.), Old English streccan; cognate with Dutch strekken, German strecken; akin to Old English stræc firm, hard, Middle Dutch strac stiff. See stare, stark
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Parts of speech for Stretch
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
stretch popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
stretch usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for stretch
verb stretch
- add up — If facts or events do not add up, they make you confused about a situation because they do not seem to be consistent. If something that someone has said or done adds up, it is reasonable and sensible.
- amplify — If you amplify a sound, you make it louder, usually by using electronic equipment.
- arch — An arch is a structure that is curved at the top and is supported on either side by a pillar, post, or wall.
- arcing — Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- arcked — a simple past tense and past participle of arc.
noun stretch
- aeon — An aeon is an extremely long period of time.
- apprehensiveness — uneasy or fearful about something that might happen: apprehensive for the safety of the mountain climbers.
- area — An area is a particular part of a town, a country, a region, or the world.
- bit — A bit of something is a small part or section of it.
- bout — If you have a bout of an illness or of an unpleasant feeling, you have it for a short period.
adj stretch
- flexible — capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent: a flexible ruler.
- formable — external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
- lithesome — bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible: the lithe body of a ballerina.
- long — having considerable linear extent in space: a long distance; a long handle.
- longish — somewhat long.
adjective stretch
- whippy — of, relating to, or resembling a whip.
Antonyms for stretch
verb stretch
- abridge — to reduce the length of (a written work) by condensing or rewriting
- agglomerated — gathered together into a cluster or mass.
- astringe — to contract or become contracted
- astringed — to compress; bind together; constrict.
- attenuate — To attenuate something means to reduce it or weaken it.
noun stretch
- contraction — When a woman who is about to give birth has contractions, she experiences a very strong, painful tightening of the muscles of her womb.
- deflation — Deflation is a reduction in economic activity that leads to lower levels of industrial output, employment, investment, trade, profits, and prices.
- elision — The omission of a sound or syllable when speaking (as in I‘m, let’s, e ' en ).
Top questions with stretch
- how to get rid of stretch marks?
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