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stretch out

(eg. solace, ancient, rose )

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  • stretch out  extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length

    stretch out meaning(s)  Add to My List

    1. (v) extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
    2. (v) lie down comfortably
    3. (v) thrust or extend out
    4. (v) extend one's body or limbs
    5. (v) stretch (the neck) so as to see better
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    Synonym(s)

    extend, hold out

    stretch out usage(s) Create your Own

    1. In the highland valleys of the Peruvian Andes, the green coca plants-stretch out for miles in cultivated fields, like wheat in Kansas.
    2. Coe, who used to stretch out on the davenport in White's office, became a channel between White and the staff.
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  • stretch pants  trousers made of a stretchy fabric
  • stretch receptor  a receptor in a muscle that responds to stretching of the muscle tissue
  • stretch reflex  reflex contraction of a muscle when an attached tendon is pulled; important…
  • stretchability  the capacity for being stretched
  • stretchable  capable of being easily stretched and resuming former size or shape
  • stretched  /ˈstrɛtʃt/ ?  (of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching
  • stretcher  /ˈstrɛ tʃər/ ?  a wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil…
  • stretcher party  a party of people with stretchers to carry an injured person
  • stretcher-bearer  one who helps carry a stretcher
  • stretchier  capable of being easily stretched and resuming former size or shape
  • stretchiest  capable of being easily stretched and resuming former size or shape
  • stretchiness  the capacity for being stretched
  • stretching  /ˈstrɛ tʃɪŋ/ ?  act of expanding by lengthening or widening
  • stretchy  capable of being easily stretched and resuming former size or shape
  • streusel  pastry with a topping of streusel
  • strew  /ˈstru/ ?  spread by scattering
  • strewing  the act of scattering
  • strewn  /ˈstrun/ ?  spread by scattering
  • stria  any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier…
  • striae  /ˈstraɪ i/ ?  any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by…
  • striate  /ˈstraɪ ɪt/ ?  mark with striae or striations
  • striate area  the part of the occipital cortex that receives the fibers of the optic radiation…
  • striate body  a striped mass of white and grey matter located in front of the thalamus…
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