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people to care for, and the stress is beginning to show.
--v. 4 emphasize, accent, accentuate, lay stress or emphasis
on, underscore, underline, mark, note, make a point of, bring
home, focus on, bring into prominence, spotlight, feature,
highlight: The conference succeeded in stressing the importance
of a good home life. 5 strain, put under strain or stress,
upset, disturb, burden, worry, distress, Brit pressurize or US
pressure: Duncan was terribly stressed after a few months in
the new job.
stretch v. 1 extend, reach; span, spread: Her memory stretches back to
the first World War. His Texas ranch stretches as far as the eye
can see. 2 distend, lengthen, elongate, widen, broaden, swell,
draw or pull out, balloon, inflate, enlarge, expand, increase,
dilate, blow up: Stretch the netting to cover the frame. 3
overtax, overextend; warp, strain, distort, bend, break: We
like to stretch our employees in this company. He is stretching
the rules by allowing undergraduates to take his course.
--n. 4 elasticity, give, resilience, resiliency,
stretchability, stretchiness: There isn't much stretch left in
this old rubber band. 5 extent, reach, span, spread, expanse,
sweep, area, tract, US section: There is a stretch of desert
just south of the coast. 6 time, stint, period, spell, term,
tour (of duty), Colloq US and Canadian hitch: He signed up for
a two-year stretch in the navy. He once did a six-month stretch
in prison for assault.
strew v. scatter, bestrew, sprinkle, disperse, spread, toss,
distribute; litter: Rubbish was strewn all over the floor.
stricken adj. 1 Usually, stricken by. struck (down) (by), hit (by), laid
low (by or with), affected (by or with), afflicted (with),
racked (by or with): He was stricken by pneumonia but is
recovering. 2 affected (by), smitten (by), overwhelmed (by or
with), overcome (by or with), plagued (by or with), tormented
(by); broken, crushed, demoralized, broken-hearted,
grief-stricken: He was stricken by her beauty. During the
plague year, commerce virtually ceased with the stricken city of
London.
strict adj. 1 rigorous, narrow, close, undeviating, confining,