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stretch



stretch
растягиваться


Определения

Английский > Русский
stretch
     1. тянуться, вытягиваться, растягиваться, удлиняться
     2. тянуть, вытягивать, растягивать, удлинять
     3. натягиваться; напрягаться
     4. натягивать; напрягать
     5. расширять, обогащать, улучшать
     6. преувеличивать ; увеличивать, усиливать
     7. иметь протяжение, простираться, тянуться (в пространстве)
     8. длиться, продолжаться (во времени)
     9. натягивать, протягивать, прокладывать
     10. подмешивать, разбавлять
     11. вытягивание, растягивание, растяжение, удлинение
     12. эластичность, растяжимость
     13. протяжение, простирание
     14. пространство, участок, отрезок
     15. промежуток
     16. участок дистанции; этап соревнований
     17. срок заключения, отсидка
     18. прогулка; разминка
     19. превышение; выход за пределы
Английский > Английский
stretch
     1. v. To lengthen by pulling.
           I stretched the rubber band until it almost broke.
     2. v. (intransitive) To lengthen when pulled.
           The rubber band stretched almost to the breaking point.
     3. v. To pull tight.
           First, stretch the skin over the frame of the drum.
     4. v. (figuratively, transitive) To get more use than expected from a limited resource.
           I managed to stretch my coffee supply a few more days.
     5. v. (figuratively, transitive) To make inaccurate by exaggeration.
           To say crossing the street was brave is stretching the meaning of "brave" considerably.
     6. v. (intransitive) To extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point.
           The beach stretches from Cresswell to Amble.
     7. v. (intransitive, transitive) To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles
           Cats stretch with equal ease and agility beyond the point that breaks a man on the rack.
           I always stretch my muscles before exercising.
     8. v. (intransitive) To extend to a limit point
           His mustache stretched all the way to his sideburns.
     9. v. To increase.
     10. v. (obsolete, colloquial) To stretch the truth; to exaggerate.
           a man apt to stretch in his report of facts
     11. v. (nautical) To sail by the wind under press of canvas.
           The ship stretched to the eastward.
     12. n. An act of stretching.
           I was right in the middle of a stretch when the phone rang.
     13. n. The ability to lengthen when pulled.
           That rubber band has quite a bit of stretch.
     14. n. A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief.
           It's a bit of a stretch to call Boris Karloff a comedian.
           To say crossing the street was brave was quite a stretch.
     15. n. A segment of a journey or route.
           It was an easy trip except for the last stretch, which took forever.
           It's a tough stretch of road in the winter, especially without chains.
     16. n. A segment or length of material.
           a stretch of cloth
     17. n. (baseball) A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it.
     18. n. (baseball) A long reach in the direction of the ball with a foot remaining on the base by a first baseman in order to catch the ball sooner.
     19. n. (informal) (Term of address for a tall person.)
     20. n. (horse racing) The homestretch, the final straight section of the track leading to the finish.
     21. n. A length of time.
           He did a 7-year stretch in jail.
     22. n.          (Ireland) Extended daylight hours, especially said of the evening in springtime when compared to the shorter winter days.
                    There is a grand stretch in the evenings.
     23. n.          (sports) The period of the season between the trade deadline and the beginning of the playoffs.
     24. n.          (slang) A jail or prison term.
     25. n. A stretch limousine.

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Примеры Предложений

I don't really think it's a stretch for me.
Are you just looking for a grade to get you your humanities requirement or do you want to try to stretch yourself?
The tree must stand tall, and stretch out the boughs to welcome the embrace.
It is a complex crime, by its very nature insidious, and its effects stretch across inter national borders.
He is alleged to have caused a furious row two years ago when he trimmed a short stretch of the dead man's privet hedge without asking permission.



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