[
  {
    "word": "stretch",
    "phonetic": "/st\u0279\u025bt\u0283/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/st\u0279\u025bt\u0283/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/stretch-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1194279",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "An act of stretching.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I was right in the middle of a stretch when the phone rang."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The ability to lengthen when pulled.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "That rubber band has quite a bit of stretch."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "It's a bit of a stretch to call Boris Karloff a comedian."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A segment of a journey or route.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "It was an easy trip except for the last stretch, which took forever."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A segment or length of material.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a stretch of cloth"
          },
          {
            "definition": "A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "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.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Term of address for a tall person.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The homestretch, the final straight section of the track leading to the finish.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A length of time.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A stretch limousine.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To lengthen by pulling.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I stretched the rubber band until it almost broke."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To lengthen when pulled.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The rubber band stretched almost to the breaking point."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To pull tight.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "First, stretch the skin over the frame of the drum."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To get more use than expected from a limited resource.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I managed to stretch my coffee supply a few more days."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To make inaccurate by exaggeration.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "To say crossing the street was brave is stretching the meaning of \"brave\" considerably."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The beach stretches from Cresswell to Amble."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To extend one\u2019s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Cats stretch with equal ease and agility beyond the point that breaks a man on the rack."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To extend to a limit point",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "His mustache stretched all the way to his sideburns."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To increase.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To stretch the truth; to exaggerate.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a man apt to stretch in his report of facts"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To sail by the wind under press of canvas.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The ship stretched to the eastward."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To execute by hanging.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To make great demands on the capacity or resources of something.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stretch"
    ]
  }
]