Stretchname

• 1

  A surname.

stretchverb/stɹɛt͡ʃ/

• 1

  To lengthen by pulling.

  • I stretched the rubber band until it almost broke.
• 2

  To lengthen when pulled.

  • The rubber band stretched almost to the breaking point.
  • The inner membrane […] because it would stretch and yield, remained unbroken.
• 3

  To pull tight.

  • First, stretch the skin over the frame of the drum.
• 4

  To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body, for example in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles.

  • I always stretch my muscles before exercising.
  • When the cat woke up, it yawned and stretched.
• 5

  To extend physically, especially from a limit point and/or to a limit point.

  • The beach stretches from Cresswell to Amble.
  • Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path[…]. It twisted and turned,[…]and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights.
• 6

  To get more use than expected from a limited resource.

  • I managed to stretch my coffee supply a few more days.
• 7

  To make inaccurate by exaggeration.

  • To say crossing the street was brave is stretching the meaning of "brave" considerably.
  • To say he's been to this park a million times is stretching the numbers. The true number is around 30 or 40.
• 8

  To make great demands on the capacity or resources of something.

  • Her bizarre explanation really stretches credulity.
  • By the fullest exploitation of modern signalling, multiple-unit operation and flying and burrowing junctions the S.R. has greatly increased the capacity of its tracks to carry this growing load of peak-hour passengers, but that capacity is now stretched to the limit.

stretchnoun/stɹɛt͡ʃ/

• 1

  An act of stretching.

  • I was right in the middle of a stretch when the phone rang.
• 2

  The ability to lengthen when pulled.

  • That rubber band has quite a bit of stretch.
• 3

  A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration.

  • It's a bit of a stretch to call Boris Karloff a comedian.
  • To say crossing the street was brave was quite a stretch.
• 4

  A segment of a journey or route.

  • It was an easy trip except for the last stretch, which took forever.
  • It's a tough stretch of road in the winter, especially without chains.
• 5

  A segment or length of material.

  • a stretch of cloth
• 6

  archaicslangA walk.

  • In the afternoon I went for a stretch into the country, & about 4 it cleared up pretty well, so I hurried back & we got a cart & drove to Bassano, a little town about 8 miles off, that we wanted to see.
• 7

  ball-gamesbaseballgamesA quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it.

• 8

  ball-gamesbaseballgamesA long reach in the direction of the ball with a foot remaining on the base by a first baseman in order to catch the ball sooner.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• stretch limousine