Astretch
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Astretch is an adverb meaning Stretched out, extended.
Meaning
Stretched out, extended.
More Meanings
- Straining to perceive, alert (of sensory organs or mental faculties).
Example Sentences
A thing half dead, with weary arms astretch / For anything to cling to
And when, very late, I heard a car coming up the zigzag I jumped to my feet, nerves instantly astretch,
Undoubtedly the old bag had been hovering just inside her own doorway, ears astretch to catch his fairy footstep.
My second mate was standing […] with his short, thick legs astretch, for the gale had left a considerable swell behind it,
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stringendo, astrut, strainingly, expandingly, enlargedly, astare.
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