Synonyms for Stretches:

n.
• extents
- Areas
- Measures
- Neighborhoods
- Plateaus
- Scales
- Territories
- dimensions
- extents
- fields
- leeways
- lengths
- planes
- ranges
- reaches
- regions
- rooms
- scopes
- spaces
- spans
- volumes
- zones
v.
• exaggerates
- Caricatures
- aggrandizes
- distorts
- embellishes
- exaggerates
- hyperbolizes
- overdevelops
- overestimates
- overpraises
- overrates
- overstates
- overvalues
• expands
- amplifies
- augments
- broadens
- burgeons
- develops
- dilates
- distends
- engorges
- enlarges
- expands
- extends
- fattens
- grows
- increases
- increments
- inflates
- lengthens
- magnifies
- spreads
- swells
- thickens
- widens
• extends
- elongates
- prolongs
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Forward Entailment
- Noun, plural
  Areas, spaces, expansions, portions, segments.
Independent
- Proper noun, plural
  extends.
- Noun, plural
  acres, ares, bars, bends, crossing, frames, links, lots, masses, parts, sessions, stands, stripes, threads, times, wings, Bays, Bodies, Branches, Eras, Hauls, Journeys, Moieties, Parties, Paths, legs, Patches, Bandages, Buffers, Clips, Distances, LINEs, Strains, Strokes, Tracks, Travels, Tribes, sheds, fragments, crossings, docks, excerpts, pockets, touches, intervals, pits, increases, appearances, periods, rolls, plots, divisions, episodes, extensions, expands, bins, sections, sectors, zones, makes, passes, runs, transits, phrases, traits, squares, quotations, quotes, foils, durations, seasons, spans, spells, stages, bands, pools, sequences, remnants, brackets, routes, dugouts, partitions, parcels, allotments, chunks, pieces, amounts, bits, compartments, fractions, subdivisions, ranges, tours, trips, extents, lengths, sizes, extracts, detachments, blocks, suites, inlets, repeats, edges, fringes, surfaces, passages, wedges, passageways, reaches, tracts, successions, flocks, dams, buckets, reservoirs, tanks, fences, basins, lagoons, ponds, cartons, chapters, scripts, margins, sides, rides, slots, troughs, wordings, voyages, webs, packs, penetrations, PODS, FARES, GRIDS, LANES, MARAS, NESTS, PATHWAYS, TAPES, flights, timelines, plantings, platoons, aisles, walkways, swaths, shards, gangs, catchments, subsections, changeovers, litigants, subgroups, cushions, raceways, swathes, bouts, servings, errands, batches, highways, impoundments, sub-sections, watersheds, sub-groups, drainages, embayments, tranches, instalments, aliquots, airsheds, part-sessions.
- Verb, 3rd person singular present
  dig, falls, go, links, stands, stays, will, Carries, Does, Focuses, Lends, Affects, Bears, Drives, SITS, goes, crosses, takes, fosters, motivates, tends, continues, lasts, extends, maintains, occurs, inspires, binds, connects, joins, relates, sticks, pushes, assumes, comprises, includes, coincides, applies, embraces, augments, broadens, expands, grows, aims, behaves, passes, runs, stirs, brings, draws, keeps, leads, prompts, dates, spans, covers, tries, seeks, strives, spreads, hangs, reaches, fits, hits, transcends, compels, encompasses, meanders, lies, straddles, interconnects, consists, purports.
Other Related
- Noun, plural
  expanses, strips.
- Verb, 3rd person singular present
  ranges.

What are the hypernyms for Stretches?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Other hypernyms:
Exercises, Exertions, Movements, Postures, stretches, flexes, workouts.

Usage examples for Stretches

As a rule, metamorphic strata are contorted, twisted, and crumpled, although here and there comparatively horizontal stretches of altered rocks may be observed.

"Geology"

James Geikie

Great patches of the wheat lay prone; the part that stood upright looked tangled and torn, and there were wide stretches from which it had partially disappeared, leaving only ragged stubble mixed with crumpled straw.

"A Prairie Courtship"

Harold Bindloss

His soul had been in desolate places, wandering in immense woods, vaguely apprehended as stretches of time before this life.

"The Maid of Maiden Lane"

Amelia E. Barr

Famous quotes with Stretches

The man for whom time stretches out painfully is one waiting in vain, disappointed at not finding tomorrow already continuing yesterday.

Theodor Adorno
The clothes back in those days were made so much better than clothes are today. They actually took time to make clothes to fit a woman's body. Today they make clothes that fit sizes, so it stretches to fit this and that.

Debbie Allen
But the West of the old times, with its strong characters, its stern battles and its tremendous stretches of loneliness, can never be blotted from my mind.

Buffalo Bill
Not to sound too pathetic, but there have been long stretches where I haven't been able to get a job.

David Caruso
Life is often compared to a marathon, but I think it is more like being a sprinter; long stretches of hard work punctuated by brief moments in which we are given the opportunity to perform at our best.

Michael Johnson

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