Definitions
How to pronounce stretched:
Stretched - as an adjective satellite
(of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching
Example: "Well-stretched muscles are less susceptible to injury"
Extended or spread over a wide area or distance
Example: "Broad fields lay stretched on both sides of us"
Stretched - as a verb
To lengthen by pulling.
Example: "I stretched the rubber band until it almost broke."
To lengthen when pulled.
Example: "The rubber band stretched almost to the breaking point."
To pull tight.
Example: "First, stretch the skin over the frame of the drum."
To get more use than expected from a limited resource.
Example: "I managed to stretch my coffee supply a few more days."
To make inaccurate by exaggeration.
Example: "To say crossing the street was brave is stretching the meaning of "brave" considerably."
To extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point.
Example: "The beach stretches from cresswell to amble."
To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles
Example: "Cats stretch with equal ease and agility beyond the point that breaks a man on the rack."
To extend to a limit point
Example: "His mustache stretched all the way to his sideburns."
To increase.
To stretch the truth; to exaggerate.
Example: "A man apt to stretch in his report of facts"
To sail by the wind under press of canvas.
Example: "The ship stretched to the eastward."
To execute by hanging.
To make great demands on the capacity or resources of something.
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Word Game Points
STRETCHED has a SCRABBLE points total of 15.
STRETCHED has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 15.
STRETCHED has a WORDFEUD points total of 16.
