stremtch

Noun

stretch (countable and uncountable, plural stretches)

1. An act of stretching.
   • I was right in the middle of a stretch when the phone rang.
2. The ability to lengthen when pulled.
   • That rubber band has quite a bit of stretch.
3. (idiomatic) 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.
4. A segment of a journey or route.
   • It was an easy trip except for the last stretch, which took forever.
5. A segment or length of material.
   • a stretch of cloth
6. (UK, archaic, slang) 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.a. 1941, Evelyn Underhill, quoted in 2010, Evelyn Underhill, Carol Poston, The Making of a Mystic: New and Selected Letters of Evelyn Underhill (page 81)

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