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    stretch
    /strɛtʃ/

    verb

    • 1. (of something soft or elastic) be made or be capable of being made longer or wider without tearing or breaking: "my jumper stretched in the wash" Similar be elasticbe stretchybe stretchablebe tensile
    • 2. straighten or extend one's body or a part of one's body to its full length, typically so as to tighten one's muscles or in order to reach something: "the cat yawned and stretched" Similar extendstraightenstraighten outunbend

    noun

    • 1. an act of stretching one's limbs or body: "I got up and had a stretch" Similar reach outhold output outextendOpposite withdraw
    • 2. a continuous area or expanse of land or water: "a treacherous stretch of road" Similar expanseareatractbelt

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