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Phonetic: "/stɹɛtʃ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: An act of stretching.

Example: I was right in the middle of a stretch when the phone rang.

Definition: The ability to lengthen when pulled.

Example: That rubber band has quite a bit of stretch.

Definition: A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration.

Example: It's a bit of a stretch to call Boris Karloff a comedian.

Definition: A segment of a journey or route.

Example: It was an easy trip except for the last stretch, which took forever.

Definition: A segment or length of material.

Example: a stretch of cloth

Definition: A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it.

Definition: A long reach in the direction of the ball with a foot remaining on the base by a first baseman in order to catch the ball sooner.

Definition: Term of address for a tall person.

Definition: The homestretch, the final straight section of the track leading to the finish.

Definition: A length of time.

Definition: A stretch limousine.

Phonetic: "/stɹɛtʃ/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To lengthen by pulling.

Example: I stretched the rubber band until it almost broke.

Definition: To lengthen when pulled.

Example: The rubber band stretched almost to the breaking point.

Definition: To pull tight.

Example: First, stretch the skin over the frame of the drum.

Definition: To get more use than expected from a limited resource.

Example: I managed to stretch my coffee supply a few more days.

Definition: To make inaccurate by exaggeration.

Example: To say crossing the street was brave is stretching the meaning of "brave" considerably.

Definition: To extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point.

Example: The beach stretches from Cresswell to Amble.

Definition: To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles

Example: Cats stretch with equal ease and agility beyond the point that breaks a man on the rack.

Definition: To extend to a limit point

Example: His mustache stretched all the way to his sideburns.

Definition: To increase.

Definition: To stretch the truth; to exaggerate.

Example: a man apt to stretch in his report of facts

Definition: To sail by the wind under press of canvas.

Example: The ship stretched to the eastward.

Definition: To execute by hanging.

Definition: To make great demands on the capacity or resources of something.

Phonetic: "/ɔv/"

Part Of Speech: preposition

Definition: Expressing distance or motion.

Definition: Expressing separation.

Definition: Expressing origin.

Definition: Expressing agency.

Definition: Expressing composition, substance.

Definition: Introducing subject matter.

Definition: Having partitive effect.

Definition: Expressing possession.

Definition: Forming the "objective genitive".

Definition: Expressing qualities or characteristics.

Definition: Expressing a point in time.

Phonetic: "/flaɪt/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The act of flying.

Example: Most birds are capable of flight.

Definition: An instance of flying.

Example: The migrating birds' flight took them to Africa.

Definition: The act of fleeing.

Definition: (collective) A collective term for doves or swallows.

Example: a flight of swallows

Definition: A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.

Example: The flight to Paris leaves at 7 o'clock tonight.

Definition: A series of stairs between landings.

Definition: A group of canal locks with a short distance between them

Definition: A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.

Example: How many flights is it up?

Definition: The feathers on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.

Definition: A paper plane.

Definition: The movement of a spinning ball through the air - concerns its speed, trajectory and drift.

Definition: The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.

Definition: An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.

Definition: An air force unit.

Definition: Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal or other beverage. The pours are smaller than a full glass and the flight will generally include three to five different samples.

Definition: The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.

Phonetic: "/flaɪt/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: (of a spin bowler) To throw the ball in such a way that it has more airtime and more spin than usual.

Definition: (by extension) To throw or kick something so as to send it flying with more loft or airtime than usual.

Phonetic: "/flaɪt/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Fast, swift, fleet.