A large and unbroken expanse or distance.

Roget 180: space, extension, extent, superficial extent, expanse, stretch, hyperspace; room, scope, range, field, way, expansion, compass, sweep, swing, spread.    dimension, length etc. 200; distance etc. 196; size etc. 192; volume; hypervolume.    latitude, play, leeway, purchase, tolerance, room for maneuver.    spare room, elbow room, house room; stowage, roomage^†, margin; opening, sphere, arena.    open space, free space; void etc. (absence) 187; waste; wildness, wilderness; moor, moorland; campagna^†.    abyss etc. (interval) 198; unlimited space; infinity etc. 105; world; ubiquity etc. (presence) 186; length and breadth of the land.    proportions, acreage; acres, acres and perches, roods and perches, hectares, square miles; square inches, square yards, square centimeters, square meters, yards (clothing) &c.; ares, arpents^†.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 925: undueness etc. adj.; malum prohibitum [Lat.]; impropriety; illegality etc. 964.    falseness etc. adj.; emptiness of title, invalidity of title; illegitimacy.    loss of right, disfranchisement, forfeiture.    usurpation, tort, violation, breach, encroachment, presumption, assumption, seizure; stretch, exaction, imposition, lion's share.    usurper, pretender.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 549: exaggeration; expansion etc. 194; hyperbole, stretch, strain, coloring; high coloring, caricature, caricatura^†; extravagance etc. (nonsense) 497; Baron Munchausen; men in buckram, yarn, fringe, embroidery, traveler's tale; fish story, gooseberry [Slang].    storm in a teacup; much ado about nothing etc. (overestimation) 482; puff, puffery etc. (boasting) 884; rant etc. (turgescence) 577^†.    figure of speech, facon de parler [Fr.]; stretch of fancy, stretch of the imagination; flight of fancy etc. (imagination) 515.    false coloring etc. (falsehood) 544; aggravation etc. 835.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 686: exertion, effort, strain, tug, pull, stress, throw, stretch, struggle, spell, spurt, spirt^†; stroke of work, stitch of work.    a strong pull a long pull and a pull all a strong pull a long pull and a pull all together;" dead lift; heft; gymnastics; exercise, exercitation^†; wear and tear; ado; toil and trouble; uphill work, hard work, warm work; harvest time.    labor, work, toil, travail, manual labor, sweat of one's brow, swink^†, drudgery, slavery, fagging^†, hammering; limae labor [Lat.]; industry, industriousness, operoseness^†, operosity^†.    trouble, pains, duty; resolution etc. 604; energy etc. (physical) 171.    ... meer laten zien

The act of physically reaching or thrusting out.

synoniemen: reach, reaching.

A straightaway section of a racetrack.

Exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent.

synoniem: stretching.

Pools: rozciąganie

Extension to or beyond the ordinary limit.

Pools: przedłużanie

An unbroken period of time during which you do something:
— There were stretches of boredom.
— He did a stretch in the federal penitentiary.

synoniem: stint.

The capacity for being stretched.

synoniemen: stretchability, stretchiness.

Occupy a large, elongated area:
— The park stretched beneath the train line.

synoniem: stretch along.

Roget 549: exaggerate, magnify, pile up, aggravate; amplify etc. (expand) 194; overestimate etc. 482; hyperbolize; overcharge, overstate, overdraw, overlay, overshoot the mark, overpraise; make over much, over the most of; strain, strain over a point; stretch, stretch a point; go great lengths; spin a long yarn; draw with a longbow, shoot with a longbow; deal in the marvelous.    out-Herod Herod, run riot, talk at random.    heighten, overcolor^†; color highly, color too highly; broder^†; flourish; color etc. (misrepresent) 544; puff etc. (boast) 884.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: reiken, uitstrekken

Extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body:
— Stretch your legs!.

synoniem: extend.

Roget 194: become larger etc. (large) etc. 192; expand, widen, enlarge, extend, grow, increase, incrassate^†, swell, gather; fill out; deploy, take open order, dilate, stretch, distend, spread; mantle, wax; grow up, spring up; bud, bourgeon [Fr.], shoot, sprout, germinate, put forth, vegetate, pullulate, open, burst forth; gain flesh, gather flesh; outgrow; spread like wildfire, overrun.    be larger than; surpass etc. (be superior) 33.    render larger etc. (large) etc. 192; expand, spread, extend, aggrandize, distend, develop, amplify, spread out, widen, magnify, rarefy, inflate, puff, blow up, stuff, pad, cram; exaggerate; fatten.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 325: stretch, flex, extend, distend, be elastic etc. adj.; bounce, spring back etc. (recoil) 277.   

Nederlands: aanspannen, rechttrekken, rekken, uitrekken, stretchen, spannen, strekken

Extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length:
— Stretch out that piece of cloth.

synoniemen: extend, stretch out, unfold.

Roget 200: be long etc. adj.; stretch out, sprawl; extend to, reach to, stretch to; make a long arm, drag its slow length along.   " render long etc. adj.; lengthen, extend, elongate; stretch; prolong, produce, protract; let out, draw out, spin out^†; drawl.    enfilade, look along, view in perspective.    distend (expand) 194.    ... meer laten zien

Become longer by being stretched and pulled.

Nederlands: rekken, uitrekken

Make long or longer by pulling and stretching:
— Stretch the fabric.

synoniem: elongate.

Nederlands: uitrekken, oprekken, rekken, strekken

Lie down comfortably:
— To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass.

synoniem: stretch out.

Pull in opposite directions.

Extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly.

Corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones.

synoniemen: adulterate, debase, dilute, load.

Nederlands: verdunnen

Increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance:
— Stretch the soup by adding some more cream.

synoniem: extend.

Extend one's body or limbs:
— Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours.

synoniem: stretch out.

Having an elongated seating area.

Easily stretched.