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Retched
(gcide) | Retch \Retch\ (r[e^]ch or r[=e]ch; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Retched (r[e^]cht); p. pr. & vb. n. Retching.] [AS.
hr[ae]can to clear the throat, hawk, fr. hraca throat; akin
to G. rachen, and perhaps to E. rack neck.]
To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting.
[Written also reach.]
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Beloved Julia, hear me still beseeching!
(Here he grew inarticulate with retching.) --Byron.
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stretched
(mass) | stretched
- roztiahnutý |
wretched
(mass) | wretched
- biedny |
wretchedly
(mass) | wretchedly
- strašne |
outstretched
(encz) | outstretched,natažený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
overstretched
(encz) | overstretched,přepjatý adj: Rostislav Svoboda |
stretched
(encz) | stretched,roztažený adj: luke |
stretched himself out
(encz) | stretched himself out,vypjal se |
stretched out
(encz) | stretched out,roztažený adj: Pino |
wretched
(encz) | wretched,bídný adj: Zdeněk Brožwretched,ubohý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
wretchedly
(encz) | wretchedly,strašně adv: Zdeněk Brožwretchedly,zoufale adv: Zdeněk Brož |
wretchedness
(encz) | wretchedness,bída n: Zdeněk Brožwretchedness,strádání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Far-stretched
(gcide) | Far-stretched \Far"-stretched`\, a.
Stretched beyond ordinary limits.
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Stretched
(gcide) | Stretch \Stretch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stretched; p. pr. & vb.
n. Stretching.] [OE. strecchen, AS. streccan; akin to D.
strekken, G. strecken, OHG. strecchen, Sw. str[aum]cka, Dan.
straekke; cf. AS. straeck, strec, strong, violent, G. strack
straight; of uncertain origin, perhaps akin to E. strong. Cf.
Straight.]
1. To reach out; to extend; to put forth.
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And stretch forth his neck long and small.
--Chaucer.
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I in conquest stretched mine arm. --Shak.
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2. To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a
straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope.
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3. To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as,
to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings.
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4. To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly.
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The ox hath therefore stretched his yoke in vain.
--Shak.
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5. To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to
stretch a tendon or muscle.
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Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve. --Doddridge.
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6. To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the
truth; to stretch one's credit.
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They take up, one day, the most violent and
stretched prerogative. --Burke.
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Wretched
(gcide) | Wretched \Wretch"ed\, a.
1. Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep
affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief;
calamitous; woeful; very afflicting. "To what wretched
state reserved!" --Milton.
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O cruel! Death! to those you are more kind
Than to the wretched mortals left behind. --Waller.
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Wretchedly
(gcide) | Wretchedly \Wretch"ed*ly\, adv.
In a wretched manner; miserably; despicable.
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Wretchedness
(gcide) | Wretchedness \Wretch"ed*ness\, n.
1. The quality or state of being wretched; utter misery.
--Sir W. Raleigh.
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2. A wretched object; anything despicably. [Obs.]
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Eat worms and such wretchedness. --Chaucer.
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outstretched
(wn) | outstretched
adj 1: fully extended especially in length; "a kitten with one
paw outstretched" |
stretched
(wn) | stretched
adj 1: (of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching; "well-
stretched muscles are less susceptible to injury"
2: extended or spread over a wide area or distance; "broad
fields lay stretched on both sides of us" |
wretched
(wn) | wretched
adj 1: of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing
conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the
accused"; "woeful errors of judgment" [syn: deplorable,
execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched]
2: characterized by physical misery; "a wet miserable weekend";
"spent a wretched night on the floor" [syn: miserable,
wretched]
3: very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and
miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity";
"wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages" [syn:
miserable, suffering, wretched]
4: morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as
murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery
appalled them"; "a slimy little liar" [syn: despicable,
ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched]
5: deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable
victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as
extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for
help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh,
you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched
life" [syn: hapless, miserable, misfortunate,
pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor,
wretched] |
wretchedly
(wn) | wretchedly
adv 1: in a wretched manner; "`I can't remember who I am,' I
said, wretchedly" |
wretchedness
(wn) | wretchedness
n 1: a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; "the
misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable"
[syn: misery, wretchedness, miserableness]
2: the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant; "the
wretchedness for which these prisons became known"; "the grey
wretchedness of the rain"
3: the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry; "he has
compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness" |
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