stretch
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verb- 1.
(transitive)To lengthen by pulling.
I stretched the rubber band until it almost broke.
- 2.
(intransitive)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.
(intransitive, transitive)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.
(intransitive)To extend physically, especially from a limit point and/or to a limit point.
The beach stretches from Cresswell to Amble.
- 6.
(figuratively, transitive)To get more use than expected from a limited resource.
I managed to stretch my coffee supply a few more days.
- 7.
(figuratively, transitive)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.
Đồng nghĩa: hyperbolize, overemphasize, overstate, big up, cut it fat, exaggerate, hyperbolize, overcharge, overdo, overemphasize, overstate, play up, stretch, three-sheet
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(transitive)To make great demands on the capacity or resources of something.
Her bizarre explanation really stretches credulity.
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(transitive)To increase.
- 10.
(intransitive)To increase, to grow.
As I sat in the waiting room, the minutes stretched into hours.
- 11.
(nautical) To sail by the wind under press of canvas.
The ship stretched to the eastward.
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(transitive)(physics, transitive) To make a pulse or particle bunch longer by applying dispersion to it.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)An act of stretching.
I was right in the middle of a stretch when the phone rang.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)The ability to lengthen when pulled.
That rubber band has quite a bit of stretch.
- 3.
(countable, idiomatic, uncountable)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.
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(countable, uncountable)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.
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(countable, uncountable)A segment or length of material.
a stretch of cloth
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(UK, archaic, countable, slang, uncountable)A 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.
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(countable, uncountable)(baseball) A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it.
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(countable, uncountable)(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.
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(countable, informal, uncountable)Term of address for a tall person.
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(countable, uncountable)(horse racing) The homestretch, the final straight section of the track leading to the finish.
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(countable, uncountable)A length of time.
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(abbreviation, alt of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable)Ellipsis of stretch limousine.
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From Middle English strecchen, from Old English streċċan (to stretch, hold out, extend, spread out, prostrate), from *strakkjan (to stretch, make taut or tight), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg-, *streg-, *treg- (stiff, rigid). Cognate with strekke, strekken, strecken, strække to stretch, sträcka to stretch, strak, shtriqem to stretch. More at stark.