stretcher
UK/ˈstɹɛt͡ʃə/US/ˈstɹɛt͡ʃɚ/
stretcher noun: someone or something that stretches.
Noun
stretcher (plural stretchers)
- Someone or something that stretches.
- A simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person.
- This done, he sank on to a stretcher, and glanced meditatively about the room.1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XIV, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 153
- After all this has been done, the funeral-procession begins. The stretcher is borne to the burialplace by male persons, even when the deceased is a woman; this work is to be done carefully.1953, H.A.R. Gibb, J.H. Kramers, “Djināza”, in Concise Encyclopedia of Islam, E.J. Brill, published 1995, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 90, column 1
- A frame on which a canvas is stretched for painting.
- A twelve-by-fourteen canvas would not pin in his box, so he had to make a stretcher for it, and very neatly he made it, out of strips of butter-box.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 48
- A device to stretch shoes or gloves.
- A brick laid with the longest (but least tall) side exposed.
- The quoins should be two feet long and one foot broad on the bed, and regularly built, stretcher and header alternately1857, John Ewart, The Agriculturist's Assistant
- A piece of timber used in building.
- A lie; an overstretching of the truth.
- A board against which a rower places his feet.
- The jointed stretcher is used in place of the sectional bottom board, with two sideboards, one each side of stretcher. The boat set up this way only weights 20 pounds, and makes a very convenient boat for trout-fishing, duck-hunting, or exploring in ponds or streams where the paddle will do as well...1884, J. W. Collins, Bulletin of the United States National Museum: Great International Fisheries Exhibition, page 703
- Directly the oar has been disengaged from the water, all pressure on the stretcher ceases, and the strain of the recovery of the body is eased by a slight pull with the feet on the straps of the stretcher.1900, Alfred Edward Thomas Watson, The Young Sportsman, page 479
- One of the rods in an umbrella, attached at one end to one of the ribs, and at the other to the tube sliding upon the handle.
- A horizontal bar joining the legs of a chair or a table to provide support and stability.
- A penis, especially a long penis.
- When our mutual trance was a little over, and the young fellow had withdrawn that delicious stretcher, with which he had most plentifully drowned all thoughts of revenge in the sense of actual pleasure, the widen'd wounded passage refunded a stream of pearly liquids, which flowed down my thighs...1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC
Verb
stretcher (third-person singular simple present stretchers, present participle stretchering, simple past and past participle stretchered)
- To carry (an injured person) on a stretcher.
- Claire Elise Tisdall, a volunteer nurse working in London, watched as a soldier was strechered past her one night.2022, Lindsey Fitzharris, The Facemaker, page 37
- But with Germany’s Olaf Scholz and France’s Emmanuel Macron facing red cards at home, Spain’s Pedro Sánchez briefly stretchered off[…], Giorgia Meloni – post-fascist poster girl turned star centre-forward of the new right – is shooting at an open goal.2024 May 4, Simon Tisdall, “Giorgia Meloni and Ursula von der Leyen, the double act that is steering the EU ever rightwards”, in The Observer, →ISSN
stretcher meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
stretcher in Hindi
- simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person — see also gurney
- स्ट्रेचर sṭrecar
stretcher in Tamil
- தூக்குப்படுக்கை, டோலி, கைப்படுக்கை
stretcher in Marathi
- स्ट्रेचर, स्ट्रॅचर, स्ट्रेचरला
stretcher in Urdu
- simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person — see also gurney
- اسٹریچر isṭrecar
More languagesFewer languages
- stretcher in Bengali
- স্ট্রেচার, রোগী বহনের মাচা
- stretcher in Telugu
- స్ట్రెచర్, స్ట్ర్యాచర్
- stretcher in Malayalam
- ഡോളി, മഞ്ചൽ, രോഗിയെ വഹിക്കാനുളള സ്ട്രെച്ചർ
- stretcher in Kannada
- ಸ್ಟ್ರೆಚರ್, ಸ್ಟ್ರ್ಯಾಚರ್
- stretcher in Punjabi
- ਸਟ੍ਰੈਚਰ, ਸਟਰੈਚਰ, ਸਟ੍ਰੇਚਰ
- stretcher in Gujarati
- સ્ટ્રેચર, સ્ટ્રૅચર, સ્ટ્રીચર
- stretcher in Odia
- ଖଟିଆ khaṭiā
- stretcher in Nepali
- स्ट्रेचर, स्ट्र्याचर
- stretcher in Arabic
- نَقَّالَة naqqāla, مِحَفَّة miḥaffa
- stretcher in Malay
- pengusung
- stretcher in Indonesian
- brankar
- stretcher in Persian
- برانکارد berânkârd
- stretcher in Thai
- แคร่ krɛ̂ɛ, คานหาม kaan-hǎam, เปล bplee
- stretcher in Vietnamese
- cáng, băng ca
- stretcher in Myanmar
- ထမ်းစင် htam:cang
Examples of stretcher in a sentence
- The goal also cost the Blues the services of Luiz, who was injured in attempting to clear and was taken off on a stretcher and replaced by Gary Cahill.2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC:
- There, characteristically, he refused to be carried on a stretcher, saying he was too heavy for nurses.2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43:
- The jointed stretcher is used in place of the sectional bottom board, with two sideboards, one each side of stretcher.1884, J. W. Collins, Bulletin of the United States National Museum: Great International Fisheries Exhibition, page 703:
- Each rower's feet are set in shoes which are secured in the boat in a stretcher (or foot board) set into a fixed position to suit the length of the rower's legs.2003, J. Alswang, The South African Dictionary of Sport, page 203:
Synonyms of stretcher
Forms of stretcher
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | stretchers |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | stretchers |
| present participle | stretchering |
| past participle | stretchered |
| past | stretchered |
Origin of stretcher
From stretch + -er.
Words formed from stretcher
Phrases with stretcher
Words that rhyme with stretcher
Questions about stretcher
- What does stretcher mean?
- Stretcher means someone or something that stretches.
- What is stretcher in Hindi?
- Stretcher in Hindi is स्ट्रेचर (sṭrecar). See Stretcher meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use stretcher in a sentence?
- The goal also cost the Blues the services of Luiz, who was injured in attempting to clear and was taken off on a stretcher and replaced by Gary Cahill.
- What part of speech is stretcher?
- Stretcher can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce stretcher?
- Stretcher is pronounced /ˈstɹɛt͡ʃə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of stretcher?
- The plural of stretcher is stretchers.
Words near stretcher in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: stretcher (page history and authors); stretcher (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stretcher (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stretcher (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stretcher (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stretcher (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stretcher (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stretcher (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stretcher (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ଖଟିଆ (Odia) (page history and authors); stretcher (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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