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stretch

to stretch
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  • door trekken of strekken langer, breder maken
  • pull in opposite directions
"During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack"

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to stretch
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  • zoveel mogelijk in de lengterichting brengen
  • make long or longer by pulling and stretching
"stretch the fabric"

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to stretch
Werkwoord
  • vermengen met slechter product
  • increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance
"stretch the soup by adding some more cream"

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to stretch
Werkwoord
  • verdunnen
  • increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance
"stretch the soup by adding some more cream"

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to stretch
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  • languit gaan liggen
  • extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body

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to stretch
Werkwoord
  • uitstrekken, reiken
  • occupy a large, elongated area
"The park stretched beneath the train line"

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to stretch
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    • lie down comfortably
    "To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass"

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    to stretch
    Werkwoord
      • extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly
      "stretch my patience"
      "stretch the imagination"

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      to stretch
      Werkwoord
      • rekken, uitrekken
      • become longer by being stretched and pulled
      "The fabric stretches"

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      to stretch
      Werkwoord
      • uitrekken, rekken
      • extend one's body or limbs
      "Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours"

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      to stretch
      Werkwoord
        • extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
        "stretch out that piece of cloth"

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        to stretch
        Werkwoord
        • aanlengen
        • corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones

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        stretch
        Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
          • having an elongated seating area
          "a stretch limousine"
          stretch
          Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
            • easily stretched
            "stretch hosiery"
            stretch
            Zelfstandig naamwoord
              • a large and unbroken expanse or distance
              "a stretch of highway"
              "a stretch of clear water"

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              stretch
              Zelfstandig naamwoord
              • strekoefening
              • extension to or beyond the ordinary limit
              "running at full stretch"
              "by no stretch of the imagination"

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              stretch
              Zelfstandig naamwoord
                • an unbroken period of time during which you do something
                "there were stretches of boredom"
                "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary"

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                stretch
                Zelfstandig naamwoord
                  • the capacity for being stretched

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                  stretch
                  Zelfstandig naamwoord
                    • exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent

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                    stretch
                    Zelfstandig naamwoord
                      • a straightaway section of a racetrack

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                      stretch
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                        • the act of physically reaching or thrusting out

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                        Voorbeeldzinnen

                        1. Let's stretch our legs.
                        2. Stretch your arms straight.
                        3. I can't stretch my right arm.
                        4. I want to stretch my legs.
                        5. I need to stretch my legs.
                        6. He worked ten hours at a stretch.
                        7. It's just a stretch of sand.
                        8. I've never seen a more god-forsaken stretch of desert.
                        9. During the intermission I got up to stretch my legs.
                        10. How far did the roman empire stretch at its peak?
                        11. Janet sure knows how to stretch a dollar.
                        12. Ha-ha, you always stretch when class is over don't you?
                        13. When violent extremists operate in one stretch of mountains, people are endangered across an ocean.
                        14. On warm days, bears stretch out or lie on their backs with their feet in the air.
                        15. She really had to stretch her imagination to squeeze enough material for a solo album out of a contrabassoon, but by God, she did.