'Stretched' definitions:
Definition of 'stretched'
From: WordNet
adjective
(of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching; "well- stretched muscles are less susceptible to injury"
adjective
Extended or spread over a wide area or distance; "broad fields lay stretched on both sides of us"
Definition of 'Stretched'
From: GCIDE
- Stretch \Stretch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stretched; p. pr. & vb. n. Stretching.] [OE. strecchen, AS. streccan; akin to D. strekken, G. strecken, OHG. strecchen, Sw. str[aum]cka, Dan. straekke; cf. AS. straeck, strec, strong, violent, G. strack straight; of uncertain origin, perhaps akin to E. strong. Cf. Straight.]
- 1. To reach out; to extend; to put forth. [1913 Webster]
- And stretch forth his neck long and small. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- I in conquest stretched mine arm. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly. [1913 Webster]
- The ox hath therefore stretched his yoke in vain. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle. [1913 Webster]
- Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve. --Doddridge. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one's credit. [1913 Webster]
- They take up, one day, the most violent and stretched prerogative. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'stretched'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aggrandized,
- amplified,
- ballyhooed,
- disproportionate,
- dragged out,
- drawn,
- drawn out,
- elongated,
- exaggerated,
- excessive,
- exorbitant,
- extended,
- extravagant,
- extreme,
- grandiloquent,
- high-flown,
- hyperbolic,
- inflated,
- inordinate,
- lengthened,
- magnified,
- overdone,
- overdrawn,
- overemphasized,
- overemphatic,
- overestimated,
- overgreat,
- overlarge,
- overpraised,
- oversold,
- overstated,
- overstressed,
- overwrought,
- prodigal,
- profuse,
- prolongated,
- prolonged,
- protracted,
- puffed,
- pulled,
- spun out,
- straggling,
- strained,
- stretched out,
- strung out,
- superlative,
- taut,
- tense,
- tight,
- touted