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Restretched vs Bestretched - What's the difference?

restretched | bestretched |

As a verb restretched

is past tense of restretch.

As an adjective bestretched is

stretched out or across; extended.

restretched

English

Verb

(head)
  • (restretch)

    • restretch

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To stretch again or anew.
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    • , passage=One of the best descriptions of the often indecipherable look of the work comes from José Coronado, the costume designer, who has compared the dancers in motion to rubber bands stretching and restretching . }}

    bestretched

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • stretched out or across; extended.
  • *1859 , William Bentley Fowle, The Free Speaker :
    • A passer-by, who wished to try the wit Of the three gazers, by a lucky hit, Thought of a question, took each man aside, As each his eyes and mouth bestretched so wide, That had they frozen stiff, as well they might, […]
  • *1864 , Mrs. J.R. Beckwith, The Winthrops :
    • It was impossible to exist in a dressed-up state after ten o'clock in the morning, and occasionally opened doors afforded brief glimpses of indefinite supplies of floor-bestretched beauty not adorned too much.
  • *1890 , Walter J. Clutterbuck, The Skipper in Arctic Seas :
    • Australian beef and plates, the remnant of our sailors' last feed before they turned into their sail-covered oar-bestretched tent.