stretch

CEFRB1

/stɹɛt͡ʃ/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To make something longer by pulling it.

  2. 02

    noun

    A continuous length or area of something.

Examples

  • Janet sure knows how to stretch a dollar.

  • I can't stretch my right arm.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To lengthen when pulled.

  2. To pull tight.

  3. To lengthen by pulling.

More examples

In context

  • First, stretch the skin over the frame of the drum.

  • I stretched the rubber band until it almost broke.

  • The rubber band stretched almost to the breaking point.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English strecchen, from Old English streċċan (“to stretch, hold out, extend, spread out, prostrate”), from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjan (“to stretch, make taut or tight”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg-, *streg-, *treg- (“stiff, rigid”). Cognate with West Frisian strekke, Dutch strekken (“to stretch, straighten”), German strecken (“to stretch, straighten, elongate”), Danish strække (“to stretch”), Swedish sträcka (“to stretch”), Dutch strak (“taut, tight”), Albanian shtriqem (“to stretch”). More at stark.