Stretch

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To lengthen by pulling.

   “I stretched the rubber band until it almost broke.”

2. fiil To lengthen when pulled.

   “The rubber band stretched almost to the breaking point.”

3. fiil To pull tight.

   “First, stretch the skin over the frame of the drum.”

4. fiil To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body, for example in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles.

   “I always stretch my muscles before exercising.”

5. fiil To extend physically, especially from a limit point and/or to a limit point.

   “The beach stretches from Cresswell to Amble.”

6. fiil To get more use than expected from a limited resource.

   “I managed to stretch my coffee supply a few more days.”

7. fiil To make inaccurate by exaggeration.

   “To say crossing the street was brave is stretching the meaning of "brave" considerably.”

8. fiil To make great demands on the capacity or resources of something.

   “Her bizarre explanation really stretches credulity.”

9. fiil To increase.

   “Yakubu took advantage of John Ruddy's error to put the visitors back in front, with Chris Samba's header stretching their advantage.”

10. fiil To increase, to grow.

    “As I sat in the waiting room, the minutes stretched into hours.”

11. fiil To sail by the wind under press of canvas.

    “The ship stretched to the eastward.”

12. fiil To make a pulse or particle bunch longer by applying dispersion to it.

    “Diffraction gratings are by far the most common elements used to stretch and compress pulses because of their substantial angular dispersion, […]”

13. fiil To execute by hanging.
14. fiil To stretch the truth; to exaggerate.

    “a man apt to stretch in his report of facts”

15. isim An act of stretching.

    “I was right in the middle of a stretch when the phone rang.”

16. isim The ability to lengthen when pulled.

    “That rubber band has quite a bit of stretch.”

17. isim A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration.

    “It's a bit of a stretch to call Boris Karloff a comedian.”

18. isim A segment of a journey or route.

    “It was an easy trip except for the last stretch, which took forever.”

19. isim A segment or length of material.

    “a stretch of cloth”

20. isim A walk.

    “In the afternoon I went for a stretch into the country, & about 4 it cleared up pretty well, so I hurried back & we got a cart & drove to Bassano, a little town about 8 miles off, that we wanted to see.”

21. isim A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it.
22. isim 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.
23. isim Term of address for a tall person.

    ““Hey, Stretch,” he shouted at a tall, spectacled co-worker, “turn the fucking station, will you? You know I can't stand Rush, and it's all they play on this one. If I hear those assholes whine 'Tom Sawyer' one more time, I may go on a fucking killing spree.”

24. isim The homestretch, the final straight section of the track leading to the finish.
25. isim A length of time.

    “After the harvest there was a stretch of clear dry weather, and the animals toiled harder than ever […]”

26. isim 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.”

27. isim The period of the season between the trade deadline and the beginning of the playoffs.

    “The '42 Cardinals are best known for their amazing stretch run. St. Louis won 43 of their last 51 games and came back from a double-digit deficit in games in early August to edge out the Dodgers for the N.L. flag.”

28. isim A jail or prison term.

    “He did a seven-year stretch in jail.”

29. isim A jail or prison term of one year's duration.
30. isim A single uninterrupted sitting; a turn.