stretches
Definitions
Noun
- A large and unbroken expanse or distance
- The act of physically reaching or thrusting out
- A straightaway section of a racetrack
- Exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
- Extension to or beyond the ordinary limit
- An unbroken period of time during which you do something
- The capacity for being stretched
Verb
- Occupy a large, elongated area
- Extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body
- Extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
- Become longer by being stretched and pulled
- Make long or longer by pulling and stretching
- Lie down comfortably
- Pull in opposite directions
- Extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly
- Corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
- Increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance
- Extend one's body or limbs
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "stretches".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | services | 3 | 139 |
| 2 | sciences | 3 | 35 |
| 3 | surfaces | 3 | 28 |
| 4 | stresses | 2 | 19 |
| 5 | savages | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | scratches | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | sonatas | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | cicadas | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | sinuses | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | subpoenas | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | cernuda's | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | cinema's | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | cinemas | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | circuses | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | cynthia's | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | saundra's | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | savannas | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | savickas | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | scalia's | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | selena's | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | selinas | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | sequoias | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | serena's | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | stanzas | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | stratas | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | sumita's | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | sylvia's | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | syringes | 3 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "stretches".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stretched | 1 | 34 |
| 2 | stretch | 1 | 26 |
| 3 | sketches | 2 | 19 |
| 4 | scratches | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | strengthens | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | stitches | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | strengths | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | torches | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | stretcher | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | trenches | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | screeches | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | tethers | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | stretchers | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | starches | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | etches | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | struthers | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | strothers | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | streicher | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | ostriches | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | outstretched | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "stretches" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "stretches" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "stretches" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | belt | 1 | 2 |
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "stretches".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Results:
Term
Definitions: 18
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 28
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 1
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
📰 This Word in the News:
Beyond the body: Wayne McGregor stretches the definition of dance at this year’s Venice Dance Biennale
Jul 23, 2026 The Guardian
Jul 23, 2026 The Guardian
Los Angeles County rents fall to a four-year low, but housing still stretches new graduates' budgets
Jul 30, 2026 New York Post
Jul 30, 2026 New York Post
How to Reduce the Physical Toll That Screentime Takes on Your Body
Jul 28, 2026 Hawaii Business Magazine
Jul 28, 2026 Hawaii Business Magazine
Fishing closure enacted on several popular stretches of river in Colorado
Jul 29, 2026 Denver Gazette
Jul 29, 2026 Denver Gazette

