Words that rhyme with letch

• etch 0
  v 1: make an etching of; "He etched her image into the surface" 2: cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible; "a face etched with pain"; "the leafless branches etched against the sky" 3: carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block; "engrave a letter" [syn: engrave, etch] 4: carve or cut a design or letters into; "engrave the pen with the owner's name" [syn: engrave, etch] 5: selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons
• fetch 0
  n 1: the action of fetching v 1: go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat" [syn: bring, get, convey, fetch] [ant: bear away, bear off, carry away, carry off, take away] 2: be sold for a certain price; "The painting brought $10,000"; "The old print fetched a high price at the auction" [syn: fetch, bring in, bring] 3: take away or remove; "The devil will fetch you!"
• ketch 0
  n 1: a sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of the rudderpost
• retch 0
  n 1: an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; "a bad case of the heaves" [syn: heave, retch] v 1: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down] 2: make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit [syn: gag, heave, retch]
• sketch 0
  n 1: preliminary drawing for later elaboration; "he made several studies before starting to paint" [syn: sketch, study] 2: a brief literary description [syn: sketch, vignette] 3: short descriptive summary (of events) [syn: sketch, survey, resume] 4: a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine [syn: cartoon, sketch] v 1: make a sketch of; "sketch the building" [syn: sketch, chalk out] 2: describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of; "sketch the outline of the book"; "outline his ideas" [syn: sketch, outline, adumbrate]
• stretch 0
  adj 1: having an elongated seating area; "a stretch limousine" 2: easily stretched; "stretch hosiery" n 1: a large and unbroken expanse or distance; "a stretch of highway"; "a stretch of clear water" 2: the act of physically reaching or thrusting out [syn: reach, reaching, stretch] 3: a straightaway section of a racetrack 4: exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent [syn: stretch, stretching] 5: extension to or beyond the ordinary limit; "running at full stretch"; "by no stretch of the imagination"; "beyond any stretch of his understanding" 6: an unbroken period of time during which you do something; "there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary" [syn: stretch, stint] 7: the capacity for being stretched [syn: stretch, stretchiness, stretchability] v 1: occupy a large, elongated area; "The park stretched beneath the train line" [syn: stretch, stretch along] 2: extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body; "Stretch your legs!"; "Extend your right arm above your head" [syn: stretch, extend] 3: extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna" [syn: unfold, stretch, stretch out, extend] 4: become longer by being stretched and pulled; "The fabric stretches" [ant: contract, shrink] 5: make long or longer by pulling and stretching; "stretch the fabric" [syn: elongate, stretch] 6: lie down comfortably; "To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass" [syn: stretch, stretch out] 7: pull in opposite directions; "During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack" 8: extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly; "Stretch the limits"; "stretch my patience"; "stretch the imagination" 9: corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor" [syn: load, adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase] 10: increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance; "stretch the soup by adding some more cream"; "extend the casserole with a little rice" [syn: extend, stretch] 11: extend one's body or limbs; "Let's stretch for a minute-- we've been sitting here for over 3 hours" [syn: stretch, stretch out]
• vetch 0
  n 1: any of various climbing plants of the genus Vicia having pinnately compound leaves that terminate in tendrils and small variously colored flowers; includes valuable forage and soil-building plants
• wretch 0
  n 1: performs some wicked deed 2: someone you feel sorry for [syn: poor devil, wretch]
• kvetch 0
  n 1: (Yiddish) a constant complainer 2: (Yiddish) a nagging complaint v 1: express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about" [syn: complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch] [ant: cheer, cheer up, chirk up]
• outstretch 0
• betsch 0
• fetsch 0
• kretsch 0
• letsch 0
• meche 0
• petsch 0
• petsche 0
• vetsch 0

See also letch definition