stretch at breaking point

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• breaking point — noun Date: 1865 1. the point at which a person gives way under stress 2. the point at which a situation becomes critical 3. the point at which something loses force or validity < stretch the rules to the breaking point > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• breaking point — Synonyms and related words: bloat, bloating, distension, extreme tension, inflation, overdistension, overdrawing, overexpansion, overextension, overstrain, overstraining, overstretching, snapping point, strain, straining, stretch, stretching,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• stretch — [stretʆ] verb 1. [transitive] FINANCE if something stretches an amount of money or a supply of something, it uses it up so you have hardly enough for your needs: • Our finances are stretched to the limit. 2. [intransitive, transitive] FINAN …   Financial and business terms

• stretch — 1. verb a) To lengthen by pulling. I stretched the rubber band until it almost broke. b) To lengthen when pulled. The rubber band stretched almost to the breaking point. 2. noun …   Wiktionary

• stretch — Synonyms and related words: adaptability, adaptable, adaptive, add to, aesthetic distance, aggrandize, airing, amble, amplify, amplitude, and quarter, answer, archery ground, area, athletic field, athletics, augment, avail, badminton court,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• stretch — ► VERB 1) (of something soft or elastic) be made or be able to be made longer or wider without tearing or breaking. 2) pull (something) tightly from one point to another. 3) extend one s body or a part of one s body to its full length. 4) last… …   English terms dictionary

• point — I n. location, position, place, spot 1) to arrive at, reach a point 2) an assembly; cutoff; focal; jumping off; pressure; rallying; salient; starting; turning; vanishing; vantage point 3) the point of no return 4) at a point (at that point in… …   Combinatory dictionary

• stretch — I. verb Etymology: Middle English strecchen, from Old English streccan; akin to Old High German strecchan to stretch, Old English stræc firm, severe Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to extend (as one s limbs or body) in a reclining… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• stretch — verb 1》 (of something soft or elastic) be made or be able to be made longer or wider without tearing or breaking.     ↘pull (something) tightly from one point to another or across a space. 2》 straighten or extend one s body or a part of one s… …   English new terms dictionary

• stretch — [[t]strɛtʃ[/t]] v. t. 1) to spread out fully: to stretch oneself out on the ground[/ex] 2) to extend to the limit: stretched out her arms[/ex] 3) to cause to extend from one point or place to another: to stretch a rope across a road[/ex] 4) to… …   From formal English to slang

• Point No Point Light (Maryland) — Infobox Lighthouse name= Point No Point Light caption = Undated photograph of Point No Point Light, Maryland (USCG) location = off west shore of the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland north of the mouth of the Potomac River coordinates =… …   Wikipedia