homestretch | (noun) the straight stretch of a racetrack leading to the finish line | - |
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(noun) the end of an enterprise | - |
retch | (noun) an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting | Synonyms: heave |
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stretch | (noun) exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent | Synonyms: stretching |
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(noun) the act of physically reaching or thrusting out | Synonyms: reach, reaching |
(noun) extension to or beyond the ordinary limit | - |
(noun) a straightaway section of a racetrack | - |
(noun) the capacity for being stretched | Synonyms: stretchability, stretchiness |
(noun) a large and unbroken expanse or distance | - |
(noun) an unbroken period of time during which you do something | Synonyms: stint |
stretchability | (noun) the capacity for being stretched | Synonyms: stretch, stretchiness |
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stretcher | (noun) a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles | - |
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(noun) a stone that forms the top of wall or building | Synonyms: capstone, copestone, coping stone |
(noun) a mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it | - |
(noun) a wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting | - |
stretchiness | (noun) the capacity for being stretched | Synonyms: stretch, stretchability |
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stretching | (noun) exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent | Synonyms: stretch |
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(noun) act of expanding by lengthening or widening | - |
wretch | (noun) someone you feel sorry for | Synonyms: poor devil |
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(noun) performs some wicked deed | - |
wretchedness | (noun) the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry | - |
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(noun) a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune | Synonyms: miserableness, misery |
(noun) the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant | - |