sleep vs stretch

sleep

noun
  • An act or instance of sleeping. 

  • A night. 

  • A state of plants, usually at night, when their leaflets approach each other and the flowers close and droop, or are covered by the folded leaves. 

  • The hibernation of animals. 

  • The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm. 

  • Rheum, crusty or gummy discharge found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness). 

verb
  • To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant. 

  • To rest in a state of reduced consciousness. 

  • To be slumbering in (a state). 

  • To place into a state of hibernation. 

  • To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion. 

  • To wait for a period of time without performing any action. 

  • To be dead; to lie in the grave. 

  • To have sexual intercourse (see sleep with). 

  • To accommodate in beds. 

  • To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly. 

  • To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion. 

  • To achieve or make happen by manner of sleep. 

stretch

noun
  • An act of stretching. 

  • The ability to lengthen when pulled. 

  • 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. 

verb
  • 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 make inaccurate by exaggeration. 

  • To increase. 

  • To extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point. 

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