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restretches

restretches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of restretch.

Meaning of restretch

Verb

restretch (third-person singular simple present restretches, present participle restretching, simple past and past participle restretched)

  1. To stretch again or anew.
    • One of the best descriptions of the often indecipherable look of the work comes from José Coronado, the costume designer, who has compared the dancers in motion to rubber bands stretching and restretching.2007 May 3, Jennifer Dunning, “In the Swirl of Bodies, a Flurry of Emotions”, in New York Times

Questions about restretches

What is restretches the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Restretches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of restretch.

Words near restretches in the dictionary

  1. restressed
  2. restresses
  3. restressing
  4. restretch
  5. restretched
  6. restretches
  7. restretching
  8. restricken
  9. restrict
  10. restrictability
  11. restrictable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: restretches (page history and authors); restretch (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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