duck vs stretch

duck

verb
  • To bow. 

  • To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw. 

  • To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly. 

  • To quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something. 

  • To enter a place for a short moment. 

  • To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid. 

  • To evade doing something. 

  • To quickly lower the head or body, often in order to prevent it from being struck by something. 

noun
  • A long-necked medical urinal for men. 

  • A building intentionally constructed in the shape of an everyday object to which it is related. 

  • One of the weights used to hold a spline in place for the purpose of drawing a curve. 

  • Trousers made of such material. 

  • A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth. 

  • A marble to be shot at with another marble (the shooter) in children's games. 

  • The flesh of a duck used as food. 

  • An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet. 

  • A term of endearment; pet; darling. 

  • A cave passage containing water with low, or no, airspace. 

  • A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (short for duck's egg, since the digit "0" is round like an egg.) 

  • Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling. 

  • A cairn used to mark a trail. 

  • A playing card with the rank of two. 

  • Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger). 

stretch

verb
  • 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. 

noun
  • 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. 

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