magnify English
Verb
To praise, glorify (someone or something, especially god).
* 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts X:
- For they herde them speake with tonges, and magnify God.
* 1644 , (John Milton), (Aeropagitica) :
- For he who freely magnifies what hath been nobly done, and fears not to declare as freely what might be done better, gives ye the best cov'nant of his fidelity [...].
To make (something) larger or more important.
* Grew
- The least error in a small quantitybe proportionately magnified .
* {{quote-book, year=2006, author=(Edwin Black), title=Internal Combustion
, chapter=2 citation
, passage=But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal. This only magnified the indispensable nature of the oligopolists.}}
To make (someone or something) appear greater or more important than it is; to intensify, exaggerate.
To make (something) appear larger by means of a lens, magnifying glass, telescope etc.
* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Catherine Clabby
, magazine=( American Scientist), title= Focus on Everything
, passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field. A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that.}}
(intransitive, slang, obsolete) To have effect; to be of importance or significance.
- (Spectator)
Derived terms
* magnifier
* magnifying glass
* magnification
Related terms
* minify (opposite)
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stretch English
Verb
(label) To lengthen by pulling.
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(label) To lengthen when pulled.
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* Boyle
- The inner membrane because it would stretch and yield, remained unbroken.
(label) To pull tight.
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To get more use than expected from a limited resource.
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To make inaccurate by exaggeration.
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(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,
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To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles
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(label) To extend to a limit point
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(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.
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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}}
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