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Verb

Infinitive to stretch

Third person singular stretches

Simple past stretched

Past participle stretched

Present participle stretching

to stretch (third-person singular simple present stretches, present participle stretching, simple past and past participle stretched)

  1. (transitive) To lengthen by pulling.
    I stretched the rubber band until it almost broke.
  2. (intransitive)(ergative) To lengthen when pulled.
    The rubber band stretched almost to the breaking point.
  3. (transitive) To pull tight.
    First, stretch the skin over the frame of the drum.
  4. (transitive) To get more use than expected from a limited resource.
    I managed to stretch my coffee supply a few more days.
  5. (transitive) To be inaccurate by exaggeration.
    To say crossing the street was brave is stretching the meaning of "brave" considerably.
  6. (intransitive) To extend one’s limbs or body in order to stretch the muscles.
    I woke up, yawned and stretched.
  7. To extend from limit point to limit point.
    The beach stretches from Cresswell to Amble.

Noun

Singular stretch

Plural stretches

stretch (plural stretches)

Stretching
  1. An act of stretching.
    I was right in the middle of a stretch when the phone rang.
    To say crossing the street was brave was quite a stretch.
  2. The ability to lengthen when pulled.
    That rubber band has quite a bit of stretch.
  3. A course of thought which similarly diverts from 'straight' logic
  4. A segment of a journey or route.
    It was an easy trip except for the last stretch, which took forever.
  5. (baseball) A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it.
  6. (baseball) A 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.
  7. A length of time
    He did a 7-year stretch in jail.

Translations

act of stretching
  • Finnish: venyttely (stretching body), liioittelu (stretching eg. truth)
  • French: étirement fr(fr)
  • Spanish: estirón es(es) m.
ability to lengthen when pulled
  • Dutch: rek nl(nl) m.
segment of a journey or route
  • Spanish: trecho es(es) m., tramo es(es) m.

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How do you stretch out a Hollister pull over?
Q. I purchased this hoodie from Hollister, and it fit perfectly, but then it shrunk in the wash, how could i get it to stretch out again? Or even maybe more-so than originally, I really need a baggy pull-over right now. THANKS!
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A. pull on it :)
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