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stretch

To extend to a limit point

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  • From Middle English strecchen, from Old English streċċan, from Proto-Germanic *strakjaną, *strakkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *treg-, *streg-, *treg-. Cognate with West Frisian strekke, Dutch strekken, German strecken, Danish strække, Swedish sträcka, Dutch strak, Albanian shtriqem. More at stark.
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His mustache stretched all the way to his sideburns.

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Submitted on July 10, 2018

Additional definitions for 'stretch':

stretchTo lengthen by pulling.
stretchTo lengthen when pulled.
stretchTo pull tight.
stretchTo get more use than expected from a limited resource.
stretchTo make inaccurate by exaggeration.
stretchTo extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point.
stretchTo extend one’s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles
stretchTo increase.
stretchTo stretch the truth; to exaggerate.
stretchTo sail by the wind under press of canvas.
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