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stretched 音标拼音: [str'ɛtʃt] 拉伸的 拉伸的 stretched adj 1: ( of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching; " well- stretched muscles are less susceptible to injury" 2: extended or spread over a wide area or distance; " broad fields lay stretched on both sides of us" Stretch \ Stretch\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Stretched}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Stretching}.] [ OE. strecchen, AS. streccan; akin to D. strekken, G. strecken, OHG. strecchen, Sw. str[ aum] cka, Dan. straekke; cf. AS. straeck, strec, strong, violent, G. strack straight; of uncertain origin, perhaps akin to E. strong. Cf. { Straight}.] 1. To reach out; to extend; to put forth. [ 1913 Webster] And stretch forth his neck long and small. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] I in conquest stretched mine arm. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly. [ 1913 Webster] The ox hath therefore stretched his yoke in vain. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle. [ 1913 Webster] Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve. -- Doddridge. [ 1913 Webster] 6. To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one' s credit. [ 1913 Webster] They take up, one day, the most violent and stretched prerogative. -- Burke. [ 1913 Webster] 50 Moby Thesaurus words for " stretched": aggrandized, amplified, ballyhooed, disproportionate, dragged out, drawn, drawn out, elongated, exaggerated, excessive, exorbitant, extended, extravagant, extreme, grandiloquent, high- flown, hyperbolic, inflated, inordinate, lengthened, magnified, overdone, overdrawn, overemphasized, overemphatic, overestimated, overgreat, overlarge, overpraised, oversold, overstated, overstressed, overwrought, prodigal, profuse, prolongated, prolonged, protracted, puffed, pulled, spun out, straggling, strained, stretched out, strung out, superlative, taut, tense, tight, touted
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