To expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn.
To execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet.
An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display.
The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.
A human-shaped structure made of iron bands designed to publicly display the corpse of an executed criminal.
To make inaccurate by exaggeration.
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 pull tight.
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 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.