- Types Of Speech
- You can use stretch as a noun, adjective satellite or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Stretch
- A 1 syllables noun and 7 letters with the letters c, e, h, r, s, and t, 6 consonants, 1 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letter e. Stretch starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters s, st, str, stre, stret, and the ending characters are h, ch, tch, etch, retch, ..
- Definition
- The act of physically reaching or thrusting out
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- Scrabble
- Is stretch a scrabble word? A 12 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Stretch in Pig Latin is said as "etchstray or etchstrway".
- Unigram
- s | t | r | e | t | c | h
- Bigram
- st | tr | re | et | tc | ch
- Trigram
- str | tre | ret | etc | tch
- Quadrigram
- stre | tret | retc | etch
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
- extension to or beyond the ordinary limit;
"running at full stretch";
"by no stretch of the imagination";
"beyond any stretch of his understanding" - exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
- a straightaway section of a racetrack
- the capacity for being stretched
- a large and unbroken expanse or distance;
"a stretch of highway";
"a stretch of clear water" - an unbroken period of time during which you do something;
"there were stretches of boredom";
"he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary"
- Verb Examples
- extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body;
"stretch your legs!";
"Extend your right arm above your head" - extend one's body or limbs;
"Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours" - increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance;
"stretch the soup by adding some more cream";
"extend the casserole with a little rice" - become longer by being stretched and pulled;
"The fabric stretches" - make long or longer by pulling and stretching;
"stretch the fabric" - corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance;
often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones;
"adulterate liquor" - extend the scope or meaning of;
often unduly;
"stretch the limits";
"stretch my patience";
"stretch the imagination" - pull in opposite directions;
"During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack" - lie down comfortably;
"To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass" - extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length;
"Unfold the newspaper";
"stretch out that piece of cloth";
"extend the TV antenna" - occupy a large, elongated area;
"The park stretched beneath the train line"
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- easily stretched;
"stretch hosiery"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abide | put up with something or somebody unpleasant "I cannot bear his constant criticism" "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks" "he learned to tolerate the heat" "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" |
| Accent | a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation |
| Accomplish | put in effect "carry out a task" "execute the decision of the people" "He actioned the operation" |
| Accost | |
| Achieve | to gain with effort "she achieved her goal despite setbacks" |
| Acquire | come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) "He grew a beard" "The patient developed abdominal pains" |
| Action | something done (usually as opposed to something said) "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions" |
| Adaptability | the ability to change or be changed to fit changed circumstances |
| Adaptable | capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use "to succeed one must be adaptable" "the frame was adaptable to cloth bolts of different widths" |
| Adaptative | having a capacity for adaptation "the adaptive coloring of a chameleon" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Stretch
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Stretch | the act of physically reaching or thrusting out |
View English words with the unique letters used in stretch. Words With The Letters Cehrst
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Reach | the act of physically reaching or thrusting out |
| Reach Out | |
| Stretch | the act of physically reaching or thrusting out |
| Stretch Out |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Motility | a change of position that does not entail a change of location "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise" "movement is a sign of life" "an impatient move of his hand" "gastrointestinal motility" |
| Motion | the act of changing location from one place to another "police controlled the motion of the crowd" "the movement of people from the farms to the cities" "his move put him directly in my path" |
| Move | the act of deciding to do something "he didn''t make a move to help" "his first move was to hire a lawyer" |
| Movement | the act of changing location from one place to another "police controlled the motion of the crowd" "the movement of people from the farms to the cities" "his move put him directly in my path" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Outreach | the act of reaching out; "the outreach toward truth of the human spirit" |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crutch (6 letters) | 13 +1 | 15 +3 | crutch | ||
| Stretch (7 letters) | 12 | 12 | stretch | ||
| Cathartes (9 letters) | 14 +2 | 14 +2 | cathartes | ||
| Stretcher (9 letters) | 14 +2 | 14 +2 | stretcher | ||
| Scratcher (9 letters) | 16 +4 | 17 +5 | scratcher | ||
| Bucharest (9 letters) | 16 +4 | 18 +6 | bucharest | ||
| Chester (7 letters) | 12 | 12 | chester | ||
| Schubert (8 letters) | 15 +3 | 17 +5 | schubert | ||
| Strachey (8 letters) | 16 +4 | 15 +3 | strachey | ||
| War Chest (9 letters) | |||||
| Stretchy (8 letters) | 16 +4 | 15 +3 | stretchy | ||
| Cheaters (8 letters) | 13 +1 | 13 +1 | teachers | ||
| The Curse (9 letters) | |||||
| Archest (7 letters) | 12 | 12 | acehrst | ||
| Cashcrate (9 letters) | 16 +4 | 17 +5 | cashcrate |
Stretch Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With S
- Ends With H
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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