Clues for the word "STRETCH"
We've had 98 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 152 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily American crossword on January 06, 2026.
Definition of stretch
- v. t. - To reach out; to extend; to put forth.
- v. t. - To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope.
- v. t. - To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings.
- v. t. - To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly.
- v. t. - To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle.
- v. t. - To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one's credit.
- v. i. - To be extended; to be drawn out in length or in breadth, or both; to spread; to reach; as, the iron road stretches across the continent; the lake stretches over fifty square miles.
- v. i. - To extend or spread one's self, or one's limbs; as, the lazy man yawns and stretches.
- v. i. - To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile substances.
- v. i. - To strain the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to stretch in his report of facts.
- v. i. - To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the ship stretched to the eastward.
- n. - Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the imagination.
- n. - A continuous line or surface; a continuous space of time; as, grassy stretches of land.
- n. - The extent to which anything may be stretched.
- n. - The reach or extent of a vessel's progress on one tack; a tack or board.
- n. - Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal.
Referring Clues
- Part of a pitch
- Duration
- Prison term
- Time for one doing time
- Pre-workout ritual
- Seventh-inning ritual
- Prisoner's term
- Time in the cooler
- Track straightaway
- Yawn accompanier, often
- Extend
- Lengthen, as a rubber band
- Pre-workout movement
- Reach out far
- Rubber-band asset
- Recover from a nap
- Prison sentence
- Final race leg
- Term,to a yardbird
- Elongate
- Leap of faith
- Overextend oneself?
- Nickname for a long drink of water
- Limber up
- Prepare for a workout
- Exhibit plasticity
- Start calisthenics
- Limo type
- Expanse
- Warm up before exercising
- Seventh inning event
- Extend one's arms
- Something to do immediately after waking up
- Pull tighter
- Time in the slammer
- Exaggerate term of imprisonment
- Loosen up before exercising
- What a rubber band can do
- Red Hot Chili Peppers song that drags?
- Straighten the arms
- Period in prison
- Put on rack in custodial sentence
- What to do in prison upon waking?
- Extent of time to time the Royal 26 Company's refurbishment?
- Do limbering up exercises for a while
- Lengthen a sentence
- Porridge put on a rack?
- Time to release that tension?
- In a while, get baggy
- Spell of time (in prison?)
- Extend the period of time
- A reach up the river?
- Draw out, taking a while
- Period
- Time for expansion
- Expand
- Extend the length of a sentence?
- Lengthen a prison sentence
- Increase length of time
- Distort time
- Porridge makes good person feel sick
- Extend a term of imprisonment
- Try a prison sentence
- Evidence of stress when expecting time inside shop
- Last time
- Extend the prisoner's sentence
- Pre-race ritual
- Eke out the porridge
- Eke out the bird
- As a limo possibly set about reversing right (22 yards but cut short)
- Way of life, an extreme example?
- Extend; term in prison
- Prison sentence (colloquial)
- Extend term of imprisonment
- Extend prison term
- Take up more space, with time inside
- Demonstrate elasticity
- Lengthen a sentence?
- Jail sentence to get longer
- Extend a period of incarceration
- Eke out during the time in captivity
- Warm up before a run
- Warm-up exercise
- Seventh-inning tradition
- Be lengthened, as a sentence
- Eke out for a while
- Prepare to work out
- Workout precursor
- Eke out the bit of porridge
- Do exercises for a while
- A sentence that can be made longer
- Implausible argument, say
- Period of time
- See 52-Across
- Incarceration that will make a bigger man of?
- A reach up the river?
- Extend the length of a sentence?
- Prepare to exercise, perhaps
Last Seen In
- Daily American - January 06, 2026
- Daily American - December 21, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - December 16, 2025
- LA Times - September 30, 2025
- Daily Quick - September 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 08, 2025
- Daily American - August 05, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 16, 2025
- Daily Quick - May 25, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 09, 2025
- Daily Quick - April 23, 2025
- Daily American - January 13, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - December 16, 2024
- Mirror Daily - December 11, 2024
- Daily Quick - December 05, 2024
- Daily Quick - November 12, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 04, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - September 30, 2024
- Daily American - September 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 13, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - June 22, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 29, 2024
- Daily American - April 11, 2024
- USA Today - March 31, 2024
- Daily Quick - March 16, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 15, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - January 29, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 25, 2024
- Daily American - January 06, 2024
- Daily American - December 21, 2023
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