To stiffen with or as if with buckram.
A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and protect the books, in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.
A plant, Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.
To pull tight.
To get more use than expected from a limited resource.
To make great demands on the capacity or resources of something.
To lengthen when pulled.
To lengthen by pulling.
To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles
To extend to a limit point
To sail by the wind under press of canvas.
To make inaccurate by exaggeration.
To increase.
To extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point.
The ability to lengthen when pulled.
An act of stretching.
A jail or prison term.
Term of address for a tall person.
A segment of a journey or route.
A length of time.
Extended daylight hours, especially said of the evening in springtime when compared to the shorter winter days.
The period of the season between the trade deadline and the beginning of the playoffs.
A stretch limousine.
The homestretch, the final straight section of the track leading to the finish.
A jail or prison term of one year's duration.
A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration.
A segment or length of material.
A long reach in the direction of the ball with a foot remaining on the base by a first baseman in order to catch the ball sooner.
A single uninterrupted sitting; a turn.
A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it.