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stretched out

stretched out is the simple past and past participle of stretch out.

Meaning of stretch out

Verb

stretch out (third-person singular simple present stretches out, present participle stretching out, simple past and past participle stretched out)

  1. (intransitive) To lie fully extended.
    • My cat likes stretching out in front of the fire.
  2. (transitive) To extend (something) fully, in space, time or use.
    • You have to stretch your presentation out another two minutes.

Questions about stretched out

What is stretched out the simple past and past participle of?
Stretched out is the simple past and past participle of stretch out.

Words near stretched out in the dictionary

  1. stretched forth
  2. stretched hemp
  3. stretched it out
  4. stretched one's legs
  5. stretched one's wings
  6. stretched out
  7. stretched rope
  8. stretched the envelope
  9. stretched the long bow
  10. stretched the point
  11. stretched the rules

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stretched out (page history and authors); stretch out (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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