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overstretches

overstretches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overstretch.

overstretches is the plural of overstretch.

Meaning of overstretch

Verb

overstretch (third-person singular simple present overstretches, present participle overstretching, simple past and past participle overstretched)

  1. To stretch too far.
    • The idle triumphes, maskes, lasciuious showes
      And prodigall gifts bestowed on Gaueston,
      Haue drawne thy treasure drie, and made thee weake,
      The murmuring commons ouerstretched hath.1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, →OCLC...
  2. To stretch over something.

See all 3 meanings of overstretch

Questions about overstretches

What is overstretches the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overstretches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overstretch.

Words near overstretches in the dictionary

  1. overstresses
  2. overstressful
  3. overstressing
  4. overstretch
  5. overstretched
  6. overstretches
  7. overstretching
  8. overstrew
  9. overstrewed
  10. overstrewing
  11. overstrewn

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