Stretch Verb 1 2 3, Past and Past Participle Form Tense of Stretch V1 V2 V3
stretch
Meanings;
- (of something soft or elastic) be made or be capable of being made longer or wider without tearing or breaking.(intransitive verb)
- Straighten or extend one’s body or a part of one’s body to its full length, typically so as to tighten one’s muscles or in order to reach something.(intransitive verb)
- Extend or spread over an area or period of time.(intransitive verb)
Verb(V1) | Past Tense(V2) | Past Participle(V3) |
stretch | stretched | stretched |
Verb – es(Ves) | Verb – ing(Ving) |
stretches | stretching |
Synonyms
be elastic, be stretchy, be stretchable, be tensile, extend, straighten, straighten out, unbend, extend, spread, continue, range, unfold, unroll, be unbroken, put a strain on, put great demands on, overtax, overextend, be too much for, reach out, hold out, put out, extend, outstretch, thrust out, stick out, expanse, area, tract, belt, sweep, extent, spread, reach,
Example Sentences with stretch
A man’s heart is a wretched, wretched thing. It isn’t like a mother’s womb. It won’t bleed. It won’t stretch to make room for you.
Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time.
The truth may be stretched thin, but it never breaks, and it always surfaces above lies, as oil floats on water.
I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds.
It is clear that the pharmaceutical industry is not, by any stretch of the imagination, doing enough to ensure that the poor have access to adequate medical care.
Failure to properly control our borders costs citizens in many ways: schools become overcrowded, medical resources are stretched too thin, other government services are overtaxed, and taxes increase further.
Good food and a warm kitchen are what makes a house a home. I always tried to make my home like my mother’s, because Mom was magnificent at stretching a buck when it came to decorating and food. Like a true Italian, she valued beautification in every area of her life, and I try to do the same.
I was the type of guy that used to get up in the morning and go out and just out run everybody on the field without stretching or warming up or anything.