Reverse Dictionary: STRETCH

ADJECTIVES
1775 ► PANDICULATED stretched out, opened, extended → obs.
1785 ► RAXING elastic, easily stretched → Sc.
1874 ► RAUGHT reached, stretched (Bk.)

ADVERBS
1869 ► ASTROUT stretched out stiffly → Eng. dial.
1898 ► ASPAR stretched out; wide apart → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► ASTRUT stretched out; projecting → Eng. dial. (Bk.)

NOUNS
1649 ► PANDICULATION an instinctive movement, consisting in the extension of the legs, the raising and stretching of the arms, and the throwing back of the head and trunk, accompanied by yawning; sometimes used loosely for ‘yawning’
1814 ► RAX a stretch; a reach; the act of stretching or reaching → Sc.
1860 ► RACK a stretch → Sc.

NOUNS, PERSON
1905 ► YAWMAGORP a yawning, stretching person; a lounger → Eng. dial. (Bk.)

VERBS
1303 ► RASK to stretch oneself; to yawn → obs.
1393 ► RASKLE to stretch oneself → obs.
1463 ► RACK to stretch, to pull out, to increase the length of a thing, period of time, etc. → obs.
1519 ► MAKE A FATHOM to stretch the arms to their full extent → obs.
1597 ► LAY ALONG to stretch at full length → obs.
1641 ► RAX to extend, to stretch; to stretch the limbs on waking → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1693 ► BE ON THE RACK to be at full stretch or strain
1781 ► REAM to stretch out the arms in order to reach anything; to stretch up; to sprawl; to stretch oneself, esp. on first awakening → Eng. dial.
1819 ► RATCH → RETCH to stretch, to extend; to exaggerate, to lie; to impose upon → Eng. dial.
M19. ► MAKE A LONG ARM to stretch out one’s arm to grab something → sl.
1895 ► SCRAWM to scramble awkwardly; to grope about with outstretched arms; to sprawl; to spread or stretch out in a straggling manner → Eng. dial.
1905 ► YARK to stretch to the fullest extent → Eng. dial. (Bk.)