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astretch

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adv

Meaning 1

Stretched out, extended.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • 1912, Saki (H. H. Munro), “The Music on the Hill” in The Chronicles of Clovis, London: John Lane, p. 153, Astretch in a pool of mud was an enormous sow,

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Antonyms: none provided

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adv

Meaning 2

Straining to perceive, alert (of sensory organs or mental faculties).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • 1833, Hamlet Wood, The Negro: An Historical Poem [...] describing the unchristian and wicked principle and practices of slavery, Burslem, UK: for the author, p. 41, [...] with attentive gaze, As winds dispelled the dark’ning haze, My eyes astretch—and all my mind afloat, To learn what sort of beings filled the boat;

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From a- + stretch.