STRETCH ALONG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stretch along mean? 

• STRETCH ALONG (verb)
  The verb STRETCH ALONG has 1 sense:

1. occupy a large, elongated area

  Familiarity information: STRETCH ALONG used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRETCH ALONG (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Occupy a large, elongated area

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

stretch; stretch along

Context example:

The park stretched beneath the train line

Hypernyms (to "stretch along" is one way to...):

be (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP