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— English words —

• stretch v. (Transitive) To lengthen by pulling.
• stretch v. (Intransitive) To lengthen when pulled.
• stretch v. (Transitive) To pull tight.
• stretch v. (Figuratively, transitive) To get more use than expected from a limited resource.
• stretch v. (Figuratively, transitive) To make inaccurate by exaggeration.
• stretch v. (Intransitive) To extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point.
• stretch v. (Intransitive, transitive) To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the…
• stretch v. (Intransitive) To extend to a limit point.
• stretch v. (Transitive) To increase.
• stretch v. (Obsolete, colloquial) To stretch the truth; to exaggerate.
• stretch v. (Nautical) To sail by the wind under press of canvas.
• stretch v. (Slang, transitive, archaic) To execute by hanging.
• stretch v. To make great demands on the capacity or resources of something.
• stretch n. An act of stretching.
• stretch n. The ability to lengthen when pulled.
• stretch n. A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration.
• stretch n. A segment of a journey or route.
• stretch n. A segment or length of material.
• stretch n. (UK, slang, archaic) A walk.
• stretch n. (Baseball) A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg…
• stretch n. (Baseball) A long reach in the direction of the ball with a foot remaining on the base by a first baseman…
• stretch n. (Informal) Term of address for a tall person.
• stretch n. (Horse racing) The homestretch, the final straight section of the track leading to the finish.
• stretch n. A length of time.
• stretch n. A stretch limousine.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Finnish
  • stretch- adj. (Textiles) Used as modifier in compound terms to indicate that the material stretches.

— English word, defined in German —

• stretch S. Dehnbarkeit, Elastizität.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• stretch w. Strekken.
• stretch w. Uitrekken.
• stretch w. (Figuurlijk) reiken tot (In de hemel, e.d.).
• stretch n. Het strekken, strekking.
• stretch n. (Figuurlijk) oprekking (Van de wetgeving, verbeelding, e.d.).

— English words, defined in French —

• stretch adj. Extensible.
• stretch v. Étendre, (s’)étirer, bander (un élastique).
• stretch v. Bander, raidir, remonter, serrer, tendre.
• stretch n. Durée, période (stretch of time).
• stretch n. Tronçon de route.
• stretch n. Étirement (stretches).

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• stretch v. Estirar.
• stretch v. Extender.
• stretch v. Forzar.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• stretch s. Esticamento.
• stretch s. Parte (de uma viagem, por exemplo).
• stretch v. Esticar.

— In German —

• Stretch S. Ein sehr elastisches Gewebe aus Kräuselgarn.

— In Dutch —

• stretch bijv. Vervaardigd uit een elastisch weefsel.
• stretch n. Elastisch weefsel.
• stretch w. Eerste persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van stretchen.
• stretch w. Gebiedende wijs van stretchen.
• stretch w. (Bij inversie) tweede persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van stretchen.

— In French —

• stretch n.m. Tissu élastique, extensible.

131 English words from 26 English definitions

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13 English words from 25 foreign definitions

bander een Extender extensible Het Parte route stretch stretches tendre time tot van

51 foreign words from 25 foreign definitions

aus Bij Durée Eerste Eerste␣persoon Ein élastique elastisch elastisches Elastizität enkelvoud Esticar Estirar Étendre Étirement étirer exemplo Figuurlijk Forzar Gebiedende Gebiedende␣wijs Gewebe hemel inversie oprekking période persoon por por␣exemplo raidir reiken remonter sehr serrer strekken strekking stretchen tegenwoordige␣tijd tijd Tissu Tronçon tweede tweede␣persoon uit Uitrekken uma verbeelding viagem weefsel wetgeving wijs

81 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

stretch'd stretcht stretchy stretched stretcher stretches stretchin' stretchers stretchest stretcheth stretchier stretchily stretching stretchout stretch␣out stretchable stretchably stretchedst stretchered stretch␣four stretch␣goal stretch␣hemp stretchiest stretchings stretchless stretch␣limo stretchmark stretch␣mark stretchouts stretch␣rope stretched␣out stretchering stretcherman stretchermen stretches␣out stretch␣fours stretch␣goals stretchiness stretch␣limos stretchmarks stretch␣marks stretchproof stretch␣a␣point stretchedness stretcher␣bond stretcher␣case stretcherless stretching␣out stretchability stretcher␣bonds +31 words

47 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

X-stretcher bestretched nonstretchy restretched restretches unstretched unstretches upstretched X-stretchers cat␣stretches farstretched nonstretched outstretched outstretcher outstretches prestretched prestretches restretching unstretching backstretches back-stretches back␣stretches homestretches home␣stretches key␣stretching mainstretches outstretchers outstretching overstretched overstretches prestretching time-stretched time-stretches unstretchable antistretching brand␣stretches frontstretches nonstretchable non-stretchable overstretching time-stretching electrostretched electrostretches mechanostretched mechanostretches electrostretching mechanostretching

32 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

astretch restretch unstretch at␣a␣stretch cat␣stretch midstretch nonstretch on␣a␣stretch outstretch prestretch antistretch backstretch back-stretch back␣stretch by␣no␣stretch forestretch full-stretch hempstretch homestretch home␣stretch mainstretch overstretch time-stretch brand␣stretch by␣any␣stretch frontstretch hyperstretch microstretch at␣full␣stretch electrostretch mechanostretch seventh␣inning␣stretch

13 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

etc ETC etc. etch ret Ret. retch str STR str. tch TCH tret

14 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

CTE ert ERT ERTs hct Hct HCT rts RTs RTS ter TER ter- tert-

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

strecht

14 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

astretch chatters chitters chutters cresteth ratchets restitch rotchets Schutter Stichter stitcher stretch'd stretcht stretchy

3 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

cherts St␣Erth strech

2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

stritch Stritch

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

strech

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