stretch
verb (used with object)
to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed byout ).
well-stretched
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a word derived from
stretch.
Example Sentences
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In a private house, nothing can be better than a smooth, well-stretched holland, with the carpet beneath.
From Routledge's Manual of Etiquette by George Routledge
The tent shone white beneath the sun, and not a wrinkle marred the smoothness of the well-stretched canvas.
From If Any Man Sin by H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody
Although decreased in bulk, she retains an excellent look of health; her round belly and her well-stretched skin tell us from the first that her part is not yet wholly played.
From The Life of the Spider by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
This was a well-stretched, dried horse-hide, with a lasso attached at one end to the head or fore-part of the hide and the other end to the gaucho's horse, as a rule to the surcingle.
From Far Away and Long Ago by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
The frame of the snow-shoes is made of wood, the cross-pieces are of strong and well-stretched thongs.
From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Alexander Leslie
