STRETCH

Meaning of STRETCH in English

( v. t. )

To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one's credit.

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

STRETCH — I. ˈstrech verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle English strecchen, strechen, from Old English streccan; akin to Old Frisian strekka …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STRETCH — — stretchable , adj. — stretchability , n. /strech/ , v.t. 1. to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STRETCH — I. ˈstrech verb Etymology: Middle English strecchen, from Old English streccan; akin to Old High German strecchan to stretch, Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STRETCH — noun the extent to which anything may be stretched. 2. stretch ·noun course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of …
Webster English vocab
STRETCH — [stretch] vb [ME strecchen, fr. OE streccan; akin to OHG strecchan to stretch, OE straec firm, severe] vt (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
STRETCH — / stretʃ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb MAKE BIGGER / LOOSER 1. to make sth longer, wider or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STRETCH — I. stretch 1 S3 W3 /stretʃ/ BrE AmE verb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: streccan ] 1 . MAKE …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STRETCH — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. & intr. draw or be drawn or admit of being drawn out into greater …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STRETCH — v. & n. v. 1 tr. & intr. draw or be drawn or admit of being drawn out into greater …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STRETCH — v. & n. --v. 1. tr. & intr. draw or be drawn or admit of being drawn out into greater …
Oxford English vocab
STRETCH — ( stretches, stretching, stretched) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Something that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STRETCH — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a queue stretches somewhere ▪ The queue stretched the full length of the building. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STRETCH — (REACH) [verb] - to cause (something) to reach as far as possibleA woman has died after being knocked from her …
Cambridge English vocab
STRETCH — I. noun 1 area of land or water ADJECTIVE ▪ great , huge , large , long , open , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
STRETCH — n. 25B6; verb this material stretches : BE ELASTIC, be stretchy, be tensile. he stretched the elastic : PULL (OUT), …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
STRETCH — v. 1 extend, reach; span, spread Her memory stretches back to the first World War His Texas ranch stretches as …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
STRETCH — 1. сущ. 1) а) вытягивание, растягивание, удлинение б) напряжение; натяжка, преувеличение a stretch of imagination ≈ полет фантазии 2) а) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STRETCH — stretch.ogg 1. stretʃ n 1. 1> вытягивание, растягивание to give a stretch - потянуться to give smth. a stretch - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
STRETCH — 1) вытягивать 2) вытяжка 3) вытяжной 4) натягивать 5) натяжение 6) натяжка 7) простираться 8) протяжение 9) растягивать 10) растяжение 11) удлинение • - modulus of stretch - stretch a pulse - stretch function - …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
STRETCH — stretch сущ.1) а) вытягивание, растягивание, удлинение, растяжение the degree of stretch in the muscle fibres — степень растяжения (растягивания) мышечной …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
STRETCH — 1. stretʃ n 1. 1> вытягивание, растягивание to give a stretch - потянуться to give smth. a stretch - вытянуть …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
STRETCH — 1. сущ. 1) а) вытягивание, растягивание, удлинение, растяжение the degree of stretch in the muscle fibres — степень растяжения (растягивания) …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
STRETCH — 1. сущ. 1) а) вытягивание, растягивание, удлинение, растяжение the degree of stretch in the muscle fibres — степень растяжения (растягивания) мышечной ткани б) напряжение; …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
STRETCH — 1. _n. 1> вытягивание, растягивание, удлинение; with a stretch and a yawn - потягиваясь и зевая 2> напряжение; nerves on …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
STRETCH — 1. n. 1. вытягивание, растягивание, удлинение; with a stretch and a yawn - потягиваясь и зевая 2. напряжение; nerves on …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
STRETCH — 1. _n. 1> вытягивание, растягивание, удлинение; with a stretch and a yawn потягиваясь и зевая 2> напряжение; nerves on the …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
STRETCH — I n 1) infml I sat there for a stretch — Я немного посидел там Let's talk here for a stretch — Давай …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
STRETCH — I n 1) infml I sat there for a stretch — Я немного посидел там Let's talk here for a …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
STRETCH — stretch n 1. infml I sat there for a stretch Я немного посидел там Let's talk here for a stretch …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
STRETCH — I 1) I sat there for a stretch — Я немного посидел там Let's talk here for a stretch — …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
STRETCH — 1. сущ. 1) а) вытягивание, растягивание, удлинение б) напряжение; натяжка, преувеличение a stretch of imagination ≈ полет фантазии 2) а) …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
STRETCH — v. tenDer; alongar (se); extenDer se; exagerar. AT A ~: sin intermittentie
English interlingue dictionary
STRETCH — hiwid;inat;unat
English-Visayan vocabulary
STRETCH — I. verb Etymology: Middle English strecchen, from Old English streccan; akin to Old High German strecchan to ~, Old English …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
STRETCH — (v. i.) To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile substances.
Английский словарь Webster
STRETCH — (v. i.) To extend or spread one's self, or one's limbs; as, the lazy man yawns and stretches.
Английский словарь Webster
STRETCH — (v. i.) To be extended; to be drawn out in length or in breadth, or both; to spread; to reach; …
Английский словарь Webster
STRETCH — (v. t.) To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one's credit.
Английский словарь Webster
STRETCH — (v. t.) To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle.
Английский словарь Webster
STRETCH — (v. t.) To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly.
Английский словарь Webster
STRETCH — (v. t.) To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings.
Английский словарь Webster
STRETCH — (v. t.) To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch …
Английский словарь Webster
STRETCH — (v. t.) To reach out; to extend; to put forth.
Английский словарь Webster
STRETCH — ( v. t. ) To reach out; to extend; to put forth.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STRETCH — ( v. t. ) To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STRETCH — ( v. t. ) To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STRETCH — ( v. t. ) To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STRETCH — ( v. t. ) To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STRETCH — ( v. i. ) To strain the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to stretch in his report of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STRETCH — ( v. i. ) To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the ship stretched to the eastward.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STRETCH — ( v. i. ) To extend or spread one's self, or one's limbs; as, the lazy man yawns and stretches.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STRETCH — ( v. i. ) To be extended; to be drawn out in length or in breadth, or both; to spread; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STRETCH — ( v. i. ) To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile substances.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STRETCH — ( n. ) The reach or extent of a vessel's progress on one tack; a tack or board.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STRETCH — ( n. ) The extent to which anything may be stretched.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STRETCH — ( n. ) Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STRETCH — ( n. ) Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STRETCH — ( n. ) A continuous line or surface; a continuous space of time; as, grassy stretches of land.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STRETCH — v. draw out to the full length, extend, elongate; be extended; reach out; pull, make taut; strain; be pulled; be …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
STRETCH — n. act of stretching; condition of being stretched; large expanse; stretchiness, elasticity; duration of time; period of imprisonment
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
STRETCH — n. stretch receptor stretch one's legs stretch a point stretch marks stretch out stretch runner
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
STRETCH — n. Function: adjective Date: 1954 1 : easily stretched : ELASTIC <a stretch wig> 2 : longer than the standard …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
STRETCH — n. Function: noun Date: 1541 1 a : an exercise of something (as the understanding or the imagination) beyond ordinary …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
STRETCH — n. Pronunciation: ' strech Function: verb Etymology: Middle English strecchen, from Old English streccan; akin to Old High German strecchan …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary

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