2. Verb. (third-person singular of stretch) ¹
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Definition of Stretches
1. stretch [v] - See also: stretch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stretches
Literary usage of Stretches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The first series includes "sailing charts," which embrace long stretches of ...
Such charts are necessarily confined to comparatively short stretches of ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1910)
"ing, but in two nearly opposite stretches of shore it widens to from sixty to
... and within three limited stretches of shore the ice mantle overlaps the ..."
3. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1887)
"... stretches in a comparatively unbroken level from the valley of the ... however,
a high dorsal tract stretches from beyond the ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Above this first barrier, however, in many cases there are long stretches of
sluggish water available for local navigation. There are many lakes in the ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The new part of the town, with numerous fine villas, stretches along the base of
the hill on which the old part is situated, parallel to the sea. ..."
6. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1890)
"While • •p grade the current will be on for almost the whole time ; while descending
such a grade it will be off alto- on level stretches it may be on for, ..."
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