STRETCHERS Antonyms

• pressed tightly together

• reduced in volume by pressure

• flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)

• reduced in size or pulled together

• shortened

• cut short in duration

• shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another

• with parts removed

• (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture

• lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness

• reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity

• lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness

• reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity

• inferior in size or quality

• undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops

• make more concise

• remove water from

• cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid

• become more compact or concentrated

• develop due to condensation

• compress or concentrate

• an angular or rounded shape made by folding

• a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church

• a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock

• a group of sheep or goats

• a folded part (as in skin or muscle)

• a pen for sheep

• the act of folding

• bend or lay so that one part covers the other

• incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating

• cease to operate or cause to cease operating

• confine in a fold, like sheep

• become folded or folded up