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stretches out

stretches out is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 stretches out

What is stretches out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Stretches out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stretch out.

Words near stretches out in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stretches 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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