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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Stretch \Stretch\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Stretched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stretching}.] [OE. strecchen, AS. streccan; akin to D. strekken, G. strecken, OHG. strecchen, Sw. str["a]cka, Dan. str[ae]kke; cf. AS. str[ae]ck, 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.
And stretch forth his neck long and small. --Chaucer.
I in conquest stretched mine arm. --Shak.
2. To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope.
3. To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings.
4. To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly.
The ox hath therefore stretched his yoke in vain. --Shak.
5. To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle.
Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve. --Doddridge.
6. To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one's credit.
They take up, one day, the most violent and stretched prerogative. --Burke.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
stretched
adjective
1: (of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching; "well-stretched muscles are less susceptible to injury"
2: (of the body) extended to full length; "he lay stretched out on the bed"; "stretched her calves before running" [syn: {stretched out}]
3: extended or spread over a wide area or distance; "broad fields lay stretched on both sides of us"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "stretched": aggrandized, amplified, ballyhooed, disproportionate, dragged out, drawn, drawn out, elongated, exaggerated, excessive, exorbitant, extended, extravagant, extreme, grandiloquent, high-flown, hyperbolic, inflated, inordinate, lengthened, magnified, overdone, overdrawn, overemphasized, overemphatic, overestimated, overgreat, overlarge, overpraised, oversold, overstated, overstressed, overwrought, prodigal, profuse, prolongated, prolonged, protracted, puffed, pulled, spun out, straggling, strained, stretched out, strung out, superlative, taut, tense, tight, touted
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