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- [strech]
- /strɛtʃ/
- /stretʃ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [strech]
- /strɛtʃ/
Definitions of stretched word
- verb with object stretched 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 stretched to hold out, reach forth, or extend (one's arm, head, etc.). 1
- verb with object stretched 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 stretched to draw tight or taut: to stretch the strings of a violin. 1
- verb with object stretched to lengthen, widen, distend, or enlarge by tension: to stretch a rubber band. 1
- verb with object stretched to draw out, extend, or enlarge unduly: The jacket was stretched at the elbows. 1
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Origin of stretched
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 Stretched
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
stretched 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".
stretched usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for stretched
adj stretched
- close-fitting — Close-fitting clothes fit tightly and show the shape of your body.
- distended — increased, as in size, volume, etc.; expanded; dilated: the distended nostrils of the terrified horse.
- dropsical — of, like, or affected with dropsy.
- inflated — distended with air or gas; swollen.
- long — having considerable linear extent in space: a long distance; a long handle.
verb stretched
adjective stretched
- caricatured — Simple past tense and past participle of caricature.
- elongated — Unusually long in relation to its width.
- enlarged — Simple past tense and past participle of enlarge.
- euphuistic — Of or pertaining to euphuism.
- expanded — Being or having been enlarged, extended, or broadened, in particular.
noun stretched
- folioed — Simple past tense and past participle of folio.
- gave — simple past tense of give.
- jumped — to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap: to jump into the air; to jump out a window.
- loamed — Simple past tense and past participle of loam.
- weekended — Simple past tense and past participle of weekend.
Antonyms for stretched
verb stretched
- capsulized — Simple past tense and past participle of capsulize.
- chocked — a wedge or block of wood, metal, or the like, for filling in a space, holding an object steady, etc.
- cringed — to shrink, bend, or crouch, especially in fear or servility; cower.
- crouched — to stoop or bend low.
- epitomized — Simple past tense and past participle of epitomize.
adjective stretched
- miniaturised — Simple past tense and past participle of miniaturise.
- miniaturized — Simple past tense and past participle of miniaturize.
Top questions with stretched
- how to close stretched ears?
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