Home › Words › F › forestretchforestretchforestretch means that which stretches out, forth, or forward.EtymologyFrom fore- + stretch. Cognate with German vorstrecken.nounThat which stretches out, forth, or forward.verbTo stretch out, forth, or forward.e.g.“Bend in the forest then the plastic elm, By pressure moulded to the plough-beam's curve: To this be fitted at its nether point An eight foot pole, forestretching; back to back” — 1825, Publius Vergilius Maro, A translation of the first book of the Georgics of Virgil:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.astretch 77% match — Stretched out, extended. vs forestretch →stretch 70% match — To lengthen by pulling. vs forestretch →overstretch 69% match — To stretch too far. vs forestretch →forspread 68% match — To spread; extend. vs forestretch →bestretched 66% match — Stretched out or across; extended. vs forestretch →unstretch 63% match — To (cause to) relax from a stretched state. vs forestretch →forespread 61% match — To spread before; spread in front of; spread in advance of. vs forestretch →streek 61% match — To stretch. vs forestretch →