spec. transitive. To draw or stretch out (a person's limbs or body, or a person) as a punishment or torture. Also with out.
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释义 | the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > stretch [verb (transitive)] > a person, in punishment or torture (4) spread?c1225 spec. transitive. To draw or stretch out (a person's limbs or body, or a person) as a punishment or torture. Also with out. straina1400 To extend with some effort; to subject to tension, to stretch. To stretch and hold extended (a body or its limbs on a cross, on the rack, etc.). Obs… straightc1400 transitive. To stretch (e.g. a body on the rack); to stretch out (one's limbs); to extend, stretch forth (a spear); reflexive to lie down flat. Obs… streekc1480 To stretch on a rack or on a cross. Obsolete. Cf. stretch, v. 17. |
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