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STRETCH OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Thrust or extend out
Example:
the bee exserted its sting
Synonyms:
exsert; extend; hold out; put out; stretch forth; stretch out
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "stretch out" is one way to...):
gesticulate; gesture; motion (show, express or direct through movement)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stretch out"):
hyperextend (extend a joint beyond its normal range)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Stretch (the neck) so as to see better
Example:
The women craned their necks to see the President drive by
Synonyms:
crane; stretch out
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "stretch out" is one way to...):
extend; stretch (extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Extend one's body or limbs
Example:
Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours
Synonyms:
stretch; stretch out
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "stretch out" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 4
Meaning:
Lie down comfortably
Example:
To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass
Synonyms:
stretch; stretch out
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "stretch out" is one way to...):
lie; lie down (assume a reclining position)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 5
Meaning:
Extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
Example:
extend the TV antenna
Synonyms:
extend; stretch; stretch out; unfold
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "stretch out" is one way to...):
change form; change shape; deform (assume a different shape or form)
Verb group:
extend (open or straighten out; unbend)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Context examples:
The population here must be thin, and I see no passengers on these roads: they stretch out east, west, north, and south—white, broad, lonely; they are all cut in the moor, and the heather grows deep and wild to their very verge.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Touched to the heart, Mrs. March could only stretch out her arms, as if to gather children and grandchildren to herself, and say, with face and voice full of motherly love, gratitude, and humility...
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
For sixpence a day, at the most; while now you may walk across the country and stretch out either hand to gather in whatever you have a mind for.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . And one fine morning—
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, our snow, began to stretch out beside us and twinkle against the windows, and the dim lights of small Wisconsin stations moved by, a sharp wild brace came suddenly into the air.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
