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Stress
n.
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Force of utterance expended upon words or syllables. Stress is in English the chief element in accent and is one of the most important in emphasis. See Guide to pronunciation, // 31-35.
Stress
n.
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Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
Stress
v. t.
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To press; to urge; to distress; to put to difficulties.
Stress
v. t.
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To subject to stress, pressure, or strain.
Stressful
a.
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Having much stress.
Stretched
imp. & p. p.
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of Stretch
Stretching
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Stretch
Stretch
v. t.
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To reach out; to extend; to put forth.
Stretch
v. t.
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To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope.
Stretch
v. t.
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To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings.
Stretch
v. t.
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To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly.
Stretch
v. t.
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To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle.
Stretch
v. t.
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To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one's credit.
Stretch
v. i.
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To be extended; to be drawn out in length or in breadth, or both; to spread; to reach; as, the iron road stretches across the continent; the lake stretches over fifty square miles.
Stretch
v. i.
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To extend or spread one's self, or one's limbs; as, the lazy man yawns and stretches.
Stretch
v. i.
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To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile substances.
Stretch
v. i.
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To strain the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to stretch in his report of facts.
Stretch
v. i.
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To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the ship stretched to the eastward.
Stretch
n.
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A continuous line or surface; a continuous space of time; as, grassy stretches of land.
Stretch
n.
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The extent to which anything may be stretched.
Stretch
n.
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The reach or extent of a vessel's progress on one tack; a tack or board.
Stretch
n.
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Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal.
Stretcher
n.
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One who, or that which, stretches.
Stretcher
n.
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A brick or stone laid with its longer dimension in the line of direction of the wall.
Stretcher
n.
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A piece of timber used in building.
Stretcher
n.
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A narrow crosspiece of the bottom of a boat against which a rower braces his feet.
Stretcher
n.
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A crosspiece placed between the sides of a boat to keep them apart when hoisted up and griped.
Stretcher
n.
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A litter, or frame, for carrying disabled, wounded, or dead persons.
Stretcher
n.
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An overstretching of the truth; a lie.
Stretcher
n.
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One of the rods in an umbrella, attached at one end to one of the ribs, and at the other to the tube sliding upon the handle.