Definitions For Stretch

noun

  • The act of physically reaching or thrusting out
  • Extension to or beyond the ordinary limit
  • Exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
  • A straightaway section of a racetrack
  • The capacity for being stretched
  • A large and unbroken expanse or distance
  • An unbroken period of time during which you do something
  • A continuous area or length of land or water
  • A continuous period of time
  • A period of time spent in prison

verb

  • Extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body
  • Extend one's body or limbs
  • Increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance
  • Become longer by being stretched and pulled
  • Make long or longer by pulling and stretching
  • Corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
  • Extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly
  • Pull in opposite directions
  • Lie down comfortably
  • Extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
  • Occupy a large, elongated area
  • To make (something) wider or longer by pulling it
  • To become longer or wider when pulled
  • To put your arms, legs, etc., in positions that make the muscles long and tight

adjective

  • Easily stretched
  • Having an elongated seating area

Is Stretch a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
12

The word Stretch is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Stretch in a Sentence

  • Don't yank on my sweater. You'll stretch it.
  • The elastic waistband of my pants won't stretch any more.
  • It's important to stretch before you exercise.
  • A 60-mile stretch of beach
  • An open stretch of highway
  • These are good stretches for your leg muscles.
  • stretch fabrics that don't wrinkle or sag

Synonyms for Stretch

Antonyms for Stretch

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