| homestretch | (noun) the straight stretch of a racetrack leading to the finish line | - |
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| (noun) the end of an enterprise | - |
| outstretched | (adjective) fully extended especially in length | - |
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| overstretch | (verb) strain abnormally | Synonyms: pull |
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| retch | (noun) an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting | Synonyms: heave |
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| (verb) eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up |
| (verb) make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit | Synonyms: gag, heave |
| stretch | (adjective) easily stretched | - |
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| (adjective) having an elongated seating area | - |
| (noun) exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent | Synonyms: stretching |
| (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 |
| (verb) extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body | Synonyms: extend |
| (verb) extend one's body or limbs | Synonyms: stretch out |
| (verb) become longer by being stretched and pulled | - |
| (verb) make long or longer by pulling and stretching | Synonyms: elongate |
| (verb) extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly | - |
| (verb) increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance | Synonyms: extend |
| (verb) corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones | Synonyms: adulterate, debase, dilute, load |
| (verb) pull in opposite directions | - |
| (verb) extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length | Synonyms: extend, stretch out, unfold |
| (verb) lie down comfortably | Synonyms: stretch out |
| (verb) occupy a large, elongated area | Synonyms: stretch along |
| stretchability | (noun) the capacity for being stretched | Synonyms: stretch, stretchiness |
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| stretchable | (adjective) capable of being easily stretched and resuming former size or shape | Synonyms: stretchy |
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| stretched | (adjective) (of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching | - |
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| (adjective) extended or spread over a wide area or distance | - |
| 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 | - |
| stretchy | (adjective) capable of being easily stretched and resuming former size or shape | Synonyms: stretchable |
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| wretch | (noun) someone you feel sorry for | Synonyms: poor devil |
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| (noun) performs some wicked deed | - |
| wretched | (adjective) morally reprehensible | Synonyms: despicable, slimy, ugly, unworthy, vile, worthless |
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| (adjective) of very poor quality or condition | Synonyms: deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful |
| (adjective) characterized by physical misery | Synonyms: miserable |
| (adjective) deserving or inciting pity | Synonyms: hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor |
| (adjective) very unhappy; full of misery | Synonyms: miserable, suffering |
| wretchedly | (adverb) in a wretched manner | - |
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| 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 | - |