stretched

  • 81building construction — Techniques and industry involved in the assembly and erection of structures. Early humans built primarily for shelter, using simple methods. Building materials came from the land, and fabrication was dictated by the limits of the materials and… …

    Universalium

  • 82African music — Introduction       the musical sounds and practices of all indigenous peoples of Africa, including the Berber in the Sahara and the San (Bushmen) and Khoikhoin (Hottentot) in Southern Africa. The music of European settler communities and that of… …

    Universalium

  • 83stretch — 01. Don t pull on my sweater, you re going to [stretch] it. 02. Our little boy doesn t normally lie, but he certainly [stretches] the truth at times. 03. I think I [stretched] a muscle in my leg playing road hockey yesterday. It really hurts. 04 …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 84stretch — 1. verb 1) this material stretches Syn: be elastic, be stretchy, be tensile 2) he stretched the elastic Syn: pull (out), draw out, extend, lengthen, elongate, expand 3) stretch your we …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 85stretch out — phrasal verb Word forms stretch out : present tense I/you/we/they stretch out he/she/it stretches out present participle stretching out past tense stretched out past participle stretched out 1) [intransitive/transitive] to lie down, usually in… …

    English dictionary

  • 86stretch*/*/ — [stretʃ] verb I 1) [I/T] if you stretch something, or if it stretches, it becomes longer or wider when you pull it Can you stretch the material a little?[/ex] My jumper stretched the first time I washed it.[/ex] 2) [T] to pull something so that… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 87Stretch — Stretch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stretched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stretching}.] [OE. strecchen, AS. streccan; akin to D. strekken, G. strecken, OHG. strecchen, Sw. str[ a]cka, Dan. str[ae]kke; cf. AS. str[ae]ck, strec, strong, violent, G. strack… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 88Stretching — Stretch Stretch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stretched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stretching}.] [OE. strecchen, AS. streccan; akin to D. strekken, G. strecken, OHG. strecchen, Sw. str[ a]cka, Dan. str[ae]kke; cf. AS. str[ae]ck, strec, strong, violent, G. strack …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 89Redshift — This article is about the astronomical phenomenon. For other uses, see Redshift (disambiguation). Physical cosmology …

    Wikipedia

  • 90Crucifixion — For other uses, see Crucifixion (disambiguation). Crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth, by Marco Palmezzano (Uffizi, Florence), painting ca. 1490 …

    Wikipedia