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(v)
(transitive) To make (something) long or longer, for example, by pulling or stretching; to make (something) elongated; to extend, to lengthen.
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(intransitive) To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).
(n)
The action of one who reaches; an attempt to grasp something by stretching.
(transitive) To cause to increase in extent.
The state or condition of being stretchy.
A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.
(transitive) To lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to reveal.
(idiomatic) To make weaker, less effective.
(transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
(transitive) To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
(transitive) To make less valuable or spoil (something) by adding impurities or other substances.
(adj)
Capable of stretching; particularly, capable of stretching so as to return to an original shape or size when force is released.
occupy a large, elongated area
Having much distance in space from one end to the other.
(transitive) To make longer, to extend the length of.
The process of making or growing longer.
The act of extending; a stretching out; enlargement in length, breadth, or time; an increase.
Stretched out or pulled out; expanded.
The act of lengthening.
(transitive) To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something).
(transitive) To make (something) larger.
(transitive) To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of.
(transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.
(transitive) To make wide or wider.
Capable of being extended.
Having the capacity to be expanded.
(intransitive) To become broad or broader.
(uncountable) The condition of being expandable
A range of values or locations.
To go past something; to go too far.
The process by which something is spanned.
The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; the extent of applicability or relevance; a domain, purview or remit.
The extent to which an action, activity or substance exceeds a limit set by recommended practice, legislation, etc.
The act by which one thing overtakes another.
(transitive) To make as large as possible.
(transitive) To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing the enemy positions conclusively.
(transitive) To make (someone or something) rich or richer. [from 14th c.]
The terminal point of something in space or time.
(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
A phase.
(of a person or their character) Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction.
(now chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
The property of being scalable.
(intransitive) To rest and become relieved of stress.
(transitive) Chiefly in the form eke out: to add to, to augment; to increase; to lengthen.
A distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time.
A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
(countable) The quantity of food or drink intended for one person in a single sitting; especially in relation to a meal.
A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion.
A portion; a component.
A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
(boxing) A boxing match.
An allocated amount.
A slice, section or portion.
A set of things next to each other in a set order; a series.
To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.
A course or way which is traveled or passed.
A half.
The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
(law) A person or group of people constituting one side in a legal proceeding, such as in a legal action or a contract.
(Australia, British, Canada) Standard spelling of installment.
A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
Misspelling of stretch. [(transitive) To lengthen by pulling.]
(countable) An amount of space between points (often geographical points), usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.
A passage in text that starts on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented, and usually marks a change of topic.
A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
(physics) The property by virtue of which a material deformed under load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded
An act, process, or instance of expanding.
(uncountable) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
(electricity) The difference in electrostatic potential between two points in space, especially between live and neutral conductors or the earth.
Contained in the whole an integral number of times, a factor or divisor.
(countable) A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.
(computing) A plug-in.
A luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur.
Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.
railway tracks collectively
A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.
Any given region or area of the world.
The full width of an open hand from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger used as an informal unit of length.
A limb or appendage that an animal uses for support or locomotion on land.
(anatomy) The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
increased in extent or size or bulk or scope
increasing in area or volume or bulk or range
expanded in scope
(countable) An area, domain, or amount of something partially or entirely enclosed by barriers.
Senses relating to exerting force or pulling.
(intransitive) To become wider or larger; to expand.
(intransitive) To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell
(biology) A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
(uncountable) Flexibility, pliancy.
(transitive) To make taut; to taut.