Crossword clues for stretched
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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["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.]
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To reach out; to extend; to put forth.
And stretch forth his neck long and small.
--Chaucer.I in conquest stretched mine arm.
--Shak. To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope.
To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings.
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To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly.
The ox hath therefore stretched his yoke in vain.
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To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle.
Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve.
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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.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: stretch)
WordNet
adj. (of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching; "well-stretched muscles are less susceptible to injury"
(of the body) extended to full length; "he lay stretched out on the bed"; "stretched her calves before running" [syn: stretched out]
extended or spread over a wide area or distance; "broad fields lay stretched on both sides of us"
Usage examples of "stretched".
When Avis was stretched atop him with his organ snugly captured, he chuckled.
Again she found a back room, very similar to the previous except that this held the queen, the ornvis, Van Deef and three unconscious policemen stretched on the floor.
She threw down her last bottle, stood up and stretched mightily, arms thrown wide, red nipples outthrust.
Broad flat sand-plains stretched away from the sheer cliffs of the coast.
Land Rover with its winch cable stretched out over the edge of the cliff-face and down to the waves 400 feet below.
Now lit by many flares, it was revealed to be a narrow twisting chasm that stretched away into darkness for several hundred metres.
U-shaped beams that hung from the ceiling, and it stretched for about fifty metres before it stopped just short of a very large recess in the ceiling.
At last he rolled on his back in the bed, where she stretched her handsome body full length above him, as was their custom for jousting revelations, and laid her fair head on his shoulder.
Returning to the bed, he stretched out beside her, head propped on hand.
Indeed I was soon stretched out horizontally, belly down on top of several men.
She got to her feet and stretched her arms as if taking all of them, indeed this whole world, into her breasts.
Monday, 18870516:1127 George, recalling what to expect, stretched forth the hand from the doorknob to break their charge against the wall, whilst restraining Doris with the other.
She transferred the banknotes to her teeth, stretched up and unhooked the set of clothing, then turned back helplessly to the inspector.
She sat on the bed, still quite naked, legs splayed out in his direction, leaning back on hands stretched out behind her.
A curving pink belly stretched toward the observer at the top of the wall, obviously belonging to the owner of the penis.