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STRETCHED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching
Example:
well-stretched muscles are less susceptible to injury
Classified under:
Similar:
flexible; flexile (able to flex; able to bend easily)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Extended or spread over a wide area or distance
Example:
broad fields lay stretched on both sides of us
Classified under:
Similar:
extended (fully extended or stretched forth)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb stretch
Context examples:
To right and left stretched a broken, irregular line of many-coloured houses winding along either bank as far as I could see.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
When Lady Middleton rose to go away, Mr. Palmer rose also, laid down the newspaper, stretched himself and looked at them all around.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
This last came to him as a surprise; it was tremendously indicative of the highness of their caste, of the enormous distance that stretched between her and him.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The orbit of Mimas is very slightly stretched out, forming an ellipse rather than a perfect circle.
(Saturn Moon May Hide a 'Fossil' Core or an Ocean, NASA)
Putting his hands into his pockets, he stretched out his legs in front of the fire and laughed heartily for some minutes.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Far away stretched a line of houses, with a light here and there in the upper windows.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
As this infrared light travelled across space, the expansion of the Universe stretched it to wavelengths more than ten times longer by the time it reached Earth and was detected by ALMA.
(ALMA and VLT Find Evidence for Stars Forming Just 250 Million Years After Big Bang, ESO)
Just outside, stretched on a mattress, lay Mr. Morris, wide awake.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Our first attention was given to the body of the unfortunate squire, whose huge frame lay stretched across the room.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
When a star passes within a certain distance of a black hole, the stellar material gets stretched and compressed — or "spaghettified" — as the black hole swallows it.
(Studies Find Echoes of Black Holes Eating Stars, NASA)
