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(1):

(n.) Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the imagination.

(2):

(v. t.) To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly.

(3):

(v. t.) To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one's credit.

(4):

(v. t.) To reach out; to extend; to put forth.

(5):

(n.) A continuous line or surface; a continuous space of time; as, grassy stretches of land.

(6):

(n.) The extent to which anything may be stretched.

(7):

(n.) The reach or extent of a vessel's progress on one tack; a tack or board.

(8):

(n.) Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal.

(9):

(v. i.) To strain the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to stretch in his report of facts.

(10):

(v. t.) To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings.

(11):

(v. t.) To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope.

(12):

(v. i.) To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile substances.

(13):

(v. i.) To be extended; to be drawn out in length or in breadth, or both; to spread; to reach; as, the iron road stretches across the continent; the lake stretches over fifty square miles.

(14):

(v. i.) To extend or spread one's self, or one's limbs; as, the lazy man yawns and stretches.

(15):

(v. t.) To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle.

(16):

(v. i.) To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the ship stretched to the eastward.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Stretch'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/stretch.html. 1828.
 
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