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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. (of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching;
- Example: "well-stretched muscles are less susceptible to injury"

2. extended or spread over a wide area or distance;
- Example: "broad fields lay stretched on both sides of us"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stretch \Stretch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stretched; p. pr. & vb. n. Stretching.] [OE. strecchen, AS. streccan; akin to D. strekken, G. strecken, OHG. strecchen, Sw. str[aum]cka, Dan. straekke; cf. AS. straeck, strec, strong, violent, G. strack straight; of uncertain origin, perhaps akin to E. strong. Cf. Straight.] 1. To reach out; to extend; to put forth. [1913 Webster] And stretch forth his neck long and small. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] I in conquest stretched mine arm. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope. [1913 Webster] 3. To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings. [1913 Webster] 4. To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly. [1913 Webster] The ox hath therefore stretched his yoke in vain. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle. [1913 Webster] Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve. --Doddridge. [1913 Webster] 6. To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one's credit. [1913 Webster] They take up, one day, the most violent and stretched prerogative. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stretched adj 1: (of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching; "well- stretched muscles are less susceptible to injury" 2: extended or spread over a wide area or distance; "broad fields lay stretched on both sides of us"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

50 Moby Thesaurus words for "stretched": aggrandized, amplified, ballyhooed, disproportionate, dragged out, drawn, drawn out, elongated, exaggerated, excessive, exorbitant, extended, extravagant, extreme, grandiloquent, high-flown, hyperbolic, inflated, inordinate, lengthened, magnified, overdone, overdrawn, overemphasized, overemphatic, overestimated, overgreat, overlarge, overpraised, oversold, overstated, overstressed, overwrought, prodigal, profuse, prolongated, prolonged, protracted, puffed, pulled, spun out, straggling, strained, stretched out, strung out, superlative, taut, tense, tight, touted