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Stretch
- adjective - Slang. A term of imprisonment: served a two-year stretch.
- a large and unbroken expanse or distance; "a stretch of highway"; "a stretch of clear water"
- a straightaway section of a racetrack
- an unbroken period of time during which you do something; "there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary"
- become longer by being stretched and pulled; "The fabric stretches"
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"
- easily stretched; "stretch hosiery"
- exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
- extend one's body or limbs; "Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours"
- extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body; "Stretch your legs!"; "Extend your right arm above your head"
- extend or stretch out to a gre
Stretti
- unknown - musical passages, typically parts of fugues
Stretto
- - The crowding of answer upon subject near the end of a fugue. (b) In an opera or oratorio, a coda, or winding up, in an accelerated time.
Strewth
- unknown - also (struth)
exclamation
British informal
used to express surprise or dismay.
Striata
- noun - a striped mass of white and grey matter located in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere; consists of the caudate nucleus and the lenticular nucleus
Striate
- adjective - Lined
- mark with striae or striations
- marked with stria or striations
Strider
- noun - a person who walks rapidly with long steps; "he was such a strider that she couldn't keep up without running"
Strides
- noun - a step in walking or running
- cover or traverse by taking long steps; "She strode several miles towards the woods"
- significant progress (especially in the phrase "make strides"); "they made big strides in productivity"
- Style of piano playing derived from ragtime.
- the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig"
- walk with long steps; "He strode confidently across the hall"
Stridor
- noun - a whistling sound when breathing (usually heard on inspiration); indicates obstruction of the trachea or larynx
Striges
- - The tribe of birds which comprises the owls.