Stretched

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stretch \Stretch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stretched}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Stretching}.] [OE. strecchen, AS. streccan; akin to D.
     strekken, G. strecken, OHG. strecchen, Sw. str[aum]cka, Dan.
     straekke; cf. AS. straeck, 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.
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              And stretch forth his neck long and small.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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              I in conquest stretched mine arm.     --Shak.
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     2. To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a
        straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope.
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     3. To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as,
        to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings.
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     4. To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly.
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              The ox hath therefore stretched his yoke in vain.
                                                    --Shak.
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     5. To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to
        stretch a tendon or muscle.
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              Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve.  --Doddridge.
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     6. To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the
        truth; to stretch one's credit.
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              They take up, one day, the most violent and
              stretched prerogative.                --Burke.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stretched
       adj 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