stretch

/strɛtʃ/

US pronunciation

American sound/strɛtʃ/

stretch

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: IPA vowel pattern
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> stretch

Myanmar meaning

(v) ဆွဲသည် stretches, stretched, stretching

Full entry

stretch /stretʃ/ v

၁။ (က) ဆွဲသည်။ ဆန့်သည်။ stretch a pair of gloves shoes. (ခ) စန့်သည်။ ပြန့်သည်။ The cardigan stretched when I washed it and now it's far too big for me. ❍ The shoes will stretch after you've worn them a few times.
၂။ ဆန့်သည်။ ဆွဲသည်။ The mooring rope was stretched tight/taut. ❍ The polythene was stretched over wire hoops. ❍ stretch a cable across (a gorge).
၃။ (အညောင်း)ဆန့်သည်။ (ခြေ၊ လက်)ဆန့်သည်၊ လှမ်းသည်၊ ကမ်းသည်။ He woke up, yawned and stretched. ❍ stretch one's arms/legs ❍ She stretched across the table for the butter. ❍ He stretched out (his hand) to take the book. ❍ She stretched her arm towards the shelf but couldn't reach it.
၄။ (က) ~ sth (out) (to sth) (ကြာကြာခံအောင်) ဆန့်သည်။ (ရှည်ကြာအောင်)ဆွဲသည်။ stretch one's resources (to their limits) ❍ stretch out one's money ❍ I can probably stretch my stay to a full week. (ခ) ~ to sth လောက်သည်။ I'd love a new coat if our money will stretch that far. ❍ Why don't you eat with us—I'm sure the food will stretch to five.
၅။ ဆန့်သည်။ စန့်သည်။ တန်းသည်။ forests stretching for hundreds of miles ❍ The road stretched out across the desert. ❍ The long summer vacation stretched ahead (of them).
၆။ အာဏာကုန် ကြိုးပမ်းသည်။ အစွမ်းကုန် အားထုတ်သည်။ တက်ကုန်၊ လက်ကုန် ကျုံးသည်။ The race really stretched him/his skill as a runner. ❍ She has not really been stretched at school this term. ❍ We can't take on any more work—we're fully stretched already. ❍ The disaster stretched the city's emergency services to the limits.
၇။ ဆွဲဆန့်သည်။ ချဲ့ကားသည်။ stretch the truth (ie exaggerate or lie) ❍ stretch the meaning of a word.
n
၁။ [C] ~ (of sth) တစ်ကျော့။ တစ်ကန့်။ တစ်ဆန့်။ a beautiful stretch of countryside
❍ a long stretch of open road ❍ a calm stretch of water.
၂။ တစ်ဆက်တည်းလုပ်ချိန်။ work in long stretches ❍ a four hour stretch on duty ❍ She worked for six hours at a stretch.
၃။ [ C usu sing ] ဆန့်ခြင်း။ He got out of bed, had a good stretch and began to get dressed.
၄။ [U] ဆန့်အား။ This material has a lot of stretch in it. ❍ stretch jeans/seat-covers/underwear.
၅။ [C usu sing ] (sl ) ထောင်ကျခြင်း။ He did a stretch for armed robbery.
၆။ [C usu sing ] (ပန်းအဝင်) လမ်းဖြောင့်။ be in the final/finishing stretch. See also THE HOME STRETCH
❏ not by any/by no stretch of the imagination [IDM ] လုံးဝမဖြစ်နိုင်။ By no stretch of the imagination could you call him ambitious.
❏ stretch one's legs [IDM ] ခြေညောင်းလက်ဆန့် လမ်း လျှောက်သည်။ အညောင်းပြေ လမ်းလျှောက် သည်။ We stopped and got out of the car to stretch our legs.
❏ stretch marks n [pl] ဗိုက်ကြောပြတ်ရာ။
❏ stretch (oneself) out [PHRV ] ခြေဆင်းလဲလူ နေသည်။ He stretched (himself) out on the sofa and fell asleep.
❏ stretch a point [IDM ] ခြွင်းချက်ပြုသည်။ She was hoping they would stretch a point and allow her to stay in the hostel an extra week.
❏ stretchy /'stretʃi/ adj (infml ) ဆွဲဆန့်၍ရသော။ ပျော့ပျောင်း သော။ stretchy fabrics.

More examples

I’ll have to get these shoes stretched.
Her new knitted dress had stretched.
When you’re pregnant it helps to wear fabrics that stretch as you grow.
A folding chair made of white canvas stretched on a metal frame
The little birds are caught in nets stretched between the trees.
I leaned back in the chair and stretched.
This exercise strengthens the lower back and stretches the hamstrings.
He stretched his hand towards her.
[stretch into/from/to/for/across] : The empire stretched all the way from Scotland to the Pyrenees.
The beach stretches for miles in each direction.
Old grey houses stretched into the distance.
[stretch as far as the eye can see] : The traffic stretched as far as the eye could see.
[stretch to/into/over/beyond/back] : Paul’s initial two months’ work experience ultimately stretched to five.
Negotiations had now stretched into a twelfth day.
They had an unbeaten record stretching back to 1995.
[stretch to] : I don’t really think my salary will stretch to a designer suit.
At best, police resources are stretched.
[stretch something to the limit] : Medical services were stretched to the limit.
I don’t think his job really stretches him sufficiently.
[stretch (someone’s) credulity/patience etc] : Foreman’s book has a plot that stretches credulity to the utmost.
We might be prepared to stretch the rules a little in this instance.
[stretch a point] : Couldn’t you stretch a point for a friend?

Synonyms

make bigger, make longer, draw out, widen, extend, elongate, enlarge, broaden, distend, amplify, amplitude, area, be elastic, bit, bounce, branch, branch out, breadth, bridge, burst forth, compass, continuance, cover, crane, develop, dimension, distance, drag out, draw, drawn out, duration, elasticity, expand, expanse, expansion, extension, extent, far off, fill, flexible, formable, gamut, give, go, grow, inflate, length, lengthen, lie out, like putty, lithesome, long, longish, magnify, make, make taut, make tense, open, orbit, overlap, overlong, pad, period, proliferation, prolong, prolongate, protract, protracted, protractile, pull, pull out, purview, pyramid, rack, radius, range, reach, recline, region, repose, run, scope, section, shoot up, space, span, spell, spin out, spread, spread out, spring, spring up, spun out, stint, strain, stretchable, stretchy, string out, suggestible, supple, sweep, swell, tauten, tensile, term, tighten, time, tract, tractile, unfold, unroll, while, whippy, wing, yield

Antonyms

abbreviate, block, cease, close, compress, conceal, concentrate, contract, curtail, decrease, deflate, end, exclude, halt, hide, lessen, narrow, push, repel, repulse, rigidity, shorten, shrink, stagnation, stop