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Garden vs Stretch - What's the difference?

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Garden is a related term of stretch.


As nouns the difference between garden and stretch

is that garden is while stretch is an act of stretching .

As a verb stretch is

(label) to lengthen by pulling.

garden

English

(wikipedia garden)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.
  • :
  • #(lb) Such an ornamental place to which the public have access.
  • #:
  • #(lb) Taking place in, or used in, such a garden.
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  • #*:The garden parties of pre-1914 were something to be remembered. Everyone was dressed up to the nines, high-heeled shoes, muslin frocks with blue sashes, large leghorn hats with drooping roses. There were lovely iceswith every kind of cream cake, of sandwich, of éclair, and peaches, muscat grapes, and nectarines.
  • The at the front or back of a house.
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  • (lb) A cluster, a bunch.
  • (lb) Pubic hair or the genitalia it masks.
  • *1995 , Lee Tyler, Biblical Sexual Morality and What About Pornography? viewed at etext.org on 9 May 2006
  • *:Blow on my garden' [speaking of her genitalia], so the spices of it may flow out. Let my Beloved come into His '''garden [her pubic area] and eat His pleasant fruits. ''(A commentary on Song of Solomon 4:16, which was written in Hebrew c950 BC; book footnotes shown here bracketed within the text; many scholars disagree with the Biblical interpretation, which is included as evidence of usage in 1995 rather than intended meaning in 950 BC.)
  • *c2004 , Hair Care Down There, Inc, The History of Hair Removal viewed at haircaredownthere.com on 9 May 2006 -
  • *:Primping and pruning the secret garden might seem like a totally 21st century concept, but the fact is women have gotten into below-the-belt grooming since before the Bronze Age.
  • *2006 , Guest on Female First Forum at femalefirst.co.uk posting on Fashionable to shave the pubic area?? viewed on 9 May 2006
  • A woman's [unshaven] dark pubic triangle, glistening with pussy nectar and promising access to a hidden garden of delights.

    Synonyms

    * (decorative place outside) * (gardens with public access) park, public gardens * (grounds at the front or back of a house) yard (US) * (the pubic hair) See pubic hair

    Derived terms

    * back garden * castle garden * flower garden * front garden * gardening * (w) * garden path * garden-variety * herb garden * market garden * public gardens * rose garden * vegetable garden * zoological garden, zoological gardens * xerogarden

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (intransitive, chiefly, North America) to grow plants in a garden; to create or maintain a garden.
  • I love to garden — this year I'm going to plant some daffodils.
  • (cricket) of a batsman, to inspect and tap the pitch lightly with the bat so as to smooth out small rough patches and irregularities.
  • Synonyms

    * (in cricket) farm

    Derived terms

    * gardener * gardening

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Common, ordinary, domesticated.
  • stretch

    English

    Verb

  • (label) To lengthen by pulling.
  • (label) To lengthen when pulled.
  • * Boyle
  • The inner membrane because it would stretch and yield, remained unbroken.
  • (label) To pull tight.
  • To get more use than expected from a limited resource.
  • To make inaccurate by exaggeration.
  • (label) To extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point.
  • * , chapter=1
  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path […]. It twisted and turned,
  • To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles
  • (label) To extend to a limit point
  • (label) To increase.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 29, author=Neil Johnston, work=BBC Sport
  • , title= Norwich 3-3 Blackburn , passage=Yakubu took advantage of John Ruddy's error to put the visitors back in front, with Chris Samba's header stretching their advantage.}}
  • To stretch the truth; to exaggerate.
  • a man apt to stretch in his report of facts
  • (label) To sail by the wind under press of canvas.
  • The ship stretched to the eastward.

    Noun

    (es)
  • An act of stretching.
  • I was right in the middle of a stretch when the phone rang.
    To say crossing the street was brave was quite a stretch.
  • The ability to lengthen when pulled.
  • That rubber band has quite a bit of stretch.
  • A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief.
  • It's a bit of a stretch to call Boris Karloff a comedian.
  • A segment of a journey or route.
  • It was an easy trip except for the last stretch , which took forever.
  • (label) A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it.
  • (label) 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.
  • A length of time.
  • He did a 7-year stretch in jail.
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  • After the harvest there was a stretch of clear dry weather, and the animals toiled harder than ever
  • (label) A term of address for a tall person
  • * 2007 , Michael Farrell, Running with Buffalo
  • *:“Hey, Stretch ,” he shouted at a tall, spectacled co-worker, “turn the fucking station, will you? You know I can't stand Rush, and it's all they play on this one. If I hear those assholes whine 'Tom Sawyer' one more time, I may go on a fucking killing spree.
  • Derived terms

    {{der3, at full stretch , by a long stretch , cat stretch , outstretch , overstretch , seventh inning stretch , stretchable , stretch limo , stretch of the imagination , stretch mark , stretch out , stretch pants , stretcher , stretchy}}