Bird vs. Stretch: What's the Difference?
Bird and Stretch Definitions
Bird
Any of various warm-blooded egg-laying feathered vertebrates of the class Aves, having forelimbs modified to form wings.
Stretch
To lengthen, widen, or distend
Stretched the sweater out of shape.
Bird
Such an animal hunted as game.
Stretch
To cause to extend from one place to another or across a given space
Stretched the banner between two poles.
Bird
Such an animal, especially a chicken or turkey, used as food
Put the bird in the oven.
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Stretch
To make taut; tighten
Stretched the tarpaulin until it ripped.
Bird
See clay pigeon.
Stretch
To reach or put forth; extend
Stretched out his hand.
Bird
(Sports) See shuttlecock.
Stretch
To extend (oneself or one's limbs, for example) to full length
Stretched her calves before running.
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Bird
(Slang) A rocket, guided missile, satellite, or airplane.
Stretch
To extend (oneself) when lying down
She stretched herself out on the couch.
Bird
(Slang) A person, especially one who is odd or remarkable
A sly old bird.
Stretch
To put to torture on the rack.
Bird
Chiefly British Slang A young woman.
Stretch
To wrench or strain (a muscle, for example).
Bird
A loud sound expressing disapproval; a raspberry.
Stretch
To extend or enlarge beyond the usual or proper limits
Stretch the meaning of a word.
Bird
Discharge from employment
Lost a big sale and nearly got the bird.
Stretch
To subject to undue strain
To stretch one's patience.
Bird
An obscene gesture of anger, defiance, or derision made by pointing or jabbing the middle finger upward.
Stretch
To expand in order to fulfill a larger function
Stretch a budget.
Stretch a paycheck.
Bird
To observe and identify birds in their natural surroundings.
Stretch
To increase the quantity of by admixture or dilution
Stretch a meal by thinning the stew.
Bird
To trap, shoot, or catch birds.
Stretch
To prolong
Stretch out an argument.
Bird
A member of the class of animals Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs.
Ducks and sparrows are birds.
Stretch
(Informal) To fell by a blow
Stretched his opponent in the first round.
Bird
A chicken or turkey used as food.
Pitch in and help me stuff the bird if you want Thanksgiving dinner.
Stretch
To become lengthened, widened, or distended.
Bird
(slang) A man, fellow.
Stretch
To extend or reach over a distance or area or in a given direction
"On both sides of us stretched the wet plain" (Ernest Hemingway).
Bird
A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.
Stretch
To lie down at full length
Stretched out on the bed.
Bird
A girlfriend.
Mike went out with his bird last night.
Stretch
To extend one's muscles or limbs, as after prolonged sitting or on awakening.
Bird
(slang) An airplane.
Stretch
To extend over a given period of time
"This story stretches over a whole generation" (William Golding).
Bird
(slang) A satellite.
Stretch
The act of stretching or the state of being stretched.
Bird
(obsolete) A chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling.
Stretch
The extent or scope to which something can be stretched; elasticity.
Bird
Booing and jeering, especially as done by an audience expressing displeasure at a performer.
Stretch
A continuous or unbroken length, area, or expanse
An empty stretch of highway.
Bird
(with definite article) The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.
Stretch
A straight section of a racecourse or track, especially the section leading to the finish line.
Bird
A yardbird.
Stretch
A continuous period of time.
Bird
A kilogram of cocaine.
Stretch
(Slang) A term of imprisonment
Served a two-year stretch.
Bird
A penis.
Stretch
(Informal) The last stage of an event, period, or process.
Bird
(slang) A prison sentence.
He’s doing bird.
Stretch
(Baseball) A series of movements in which a pitcher, standing with the glove side facing home plate, raises both hands to the height of the head and then lowers them to the chest or waist for a short pause before pitching the ball. It is used especially when runners are on base because it gives base runners less time to steal than they have during a full windup.
Bird
(intransitive) To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment.
Stretch
Made of an elastic material that stretches easily
Stretch pants.
Bird
(intransitive) To catch or shoot birds; to hunt birds.
Stretch
Of, relating to, or being a vehicle, such as a limousine or passenger jet, having an extended seating area that provides extra space for more passengers, leg room, or amenities.
Bird
To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
Stretch
(transitive) To lengthen by pulling.
I stretched the rubber band until it almost broke.
Bird
To transmit via satellite.
Stretch
(intransitive) To lengthen when pulled.
The rubber band stretched almost to the breaking point.
Bird
To bring into prison, to roof.
Stretch
(transitive) To pull tight.
First, stretch the skin over the frame of the drum.
Bird
Able to be passed with very little work; having the nature of a bird course.
Stretch
To get more use than expected from a limited resource.
I managed to stretch my coffee supply a few more days.
Bird
Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).
That ungentle gull, the cuckoo's bird.
The brydds [birds] of the aier have nestes.
Stretch
To make inaccurate by exaggeration.
To say crossing the street was brave is stretching the meaning of "brave" considerably.
To say he's been to this park a million times is stretching the numbers. The true number is around 30 or 40.
Bird
A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings. See Aves.
Stretch
(intransitive) To extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point.
The beach stretches from Cresswell to Amble.
Bird
Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird.
Stretch
To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles
Cats stretch with equal ease and agility beyond the point that breaks a man on the rack.
I always stretch my muscles before exercising.
When the cat woke up, it yawned and stretched.
Bird
Fig.: A girl; a maiden.
And by my word! the bonny birdIn danger shall not tarry.
Stretch
(intransitive) To extend to a limit point
His mustache stretched all the way to his sideburns.
Bird
To catch or shoot birds.
Stretch
(transitive) To increase.
Bird
Hence: To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
Stretch
To stretch the truth; to exaggerate.
A man apt to stretch in his report of facts
Bird
To watch birds, especially in their natural habitats, for enjoyment; to birdwatch.
Stretch
(nautical) To sail by the wind under press of canvas.
The ship stretched to the eastward.
Bird
Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
Stretch
To execute by hanging.
Bird
The flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
Stretch
To make great demands on the capacity or resources of something.
Bird
Informal terms for a (young) woman
Stretch
An act of stretching.
I was right in the middle of a stretch when the phone rang.
Bird
A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
Stretch
The ability to lengthen when pulled.
That rubber band has quite a bit of stretch.
Bird
Badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
Stretch
A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration.
To say crossing the street was brave was quite a stretch.
Bird
Watch and study birds in their natural habitat
Stretch
A segment of a journey or route.
It was an easy trip except for the last stretch, which took forever.
It's a tough stretch of road in the winter, especially without chains.
Stretch
A segment or length of material.
A stretch of cloth
Stretch
A walk.
Stretch
(baseball) A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it.
Stretch
(baseball) 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.
Stretch
(informal) Term of address for a tall person.
Stretch
(horse racing) The homestretch, the final straight section of the track leading to the finish.
Stretch
A length of time.
Stretch
(Ireland) Extended daylight hours, especially said of the evening in springtime when compared to the shorter winter days.
There is a grand stretch in the evenings.
Stretch
(sports) The period of the season between the trade deadline and the beginning of the playoffs.
Stretch
(slang) A jail or prison term.
He did a seven-year stretch in jail.
Stretch
A single uninterrupted sitting; a turn.
Stretch
A stretch limousine.
Stretch
To reach out; to extend; to put forth.
And stretch forth his neck long and small.
I in conquest stretched mine arm.
Stretch
To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope.
Stretch
To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings.
Stretch
To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly.
The ox hath therefore stretched his yoke in vain.
Stretch
To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle.
Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve.
Stretch
To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one's credit.
They take up, one day, the most violent and stretched prerogative.
Stretch
To be extended; to be drawn out in length or in breadth, or both; to spread; to reach; as, the iron road stretches across the continent; the lake stretches over fifty square miles.
As far as stretcheth any ground.
Stretch
To extend or spread one's self, or one's limbs; as, the lazy man yawns and stretches.
Stretch
To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile substances.
The inner membrane . . . because it would stretch and yield, remained umbroken.
Stretch
To strain the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to stretch in his report of facts.
Stretch
To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the ship stretched to the eastward.
Stretch
Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the imagination.
By stretch of arms the distant shore to gain.
Those put a lawful authority upon the stretch, to the abuse of yower, under the color of prerogative.
Stretch
A continuous line or surface; a continuous space of time; as, grassy stretches of land.
A great stretch of cultivated country.
But all of them left me a week at a stretch.
Stretch
The extent to which anything may be stretched.
Quotations, in their utmost stretch, can signify no more than that Luther lay under severe agonies of mind.
This is the utmost stretch that nature can.
Stretch
The reach or extent of a vessel's progress on one tack; a tack or board.
Stretch
Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal.
Stretch
A large and unbroken expanse or distance;
A stretch of highway
A stretch of clear water
Stretch
The act of physically reaching or thrusting out
Stretch
A straightaway section of a racetrack
Stretch
Exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
Stretch
Extension to or beyond the ordinary limit;
Running at full stretch
By no stretch of the imagination
Beyond any stretch of his understanding
Stretch
An unbroken period of time during which you do something;
There were stretches of boredom
He did a stretch in the federal penitentiary
Stretch
The capacity for being stretched
Stretch
Occupy a large, elongated area;
The park stretched beneath the train line
Stretch
Extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body;
Stretch your legs!
Extend your right arm above your head
Stretch
Extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length;
Unfold the newspaper
Stretch out that piece of cloth
Extend the TV antenna
Stretch
Become longer by being stretched and pulled;
The fabric stretches
Stretch
Make long or longer by pulling and stretching;
Stretch the fabric
Stretch
Lie down comfortably;
To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass
Stretch
Pull in opposite directions;
During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack
Stretch
Extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly;
Stretch the limits
Stretch my patience
Stretch the imagination
Stretch
Corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones;
Adulterate liquor
Stretch
Increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance;
Stretch the soup by adding some more cream
Extend the casserole with a little rice
Stretch
Extend one's body or limbs;
Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours
Stretch
Having an elongated seating area;
A stretch limousine
Stretch
Easily stretched;
Stretch hosiery
