1) a long pole used to keep the bottom of a sail stretched out (boom)

2) a kind of musical instrument usually made of a hollow round frame with skin stretched over it, played by beating (drum)

3) a circular band of wood or metal as put around a barrel etc; a large ring with paper stretched over it through which circus rides and animals jump (hoop)

4) spread or stretched out (outspread)

5) stretched out (outstretched)

6) lying stretched out on the ground, usually face downward (prostrate)

7) the distance between the tips of a person's thumb and little finger when stretched out; the distance or pat between the supports of an arch or bridge; a length in time, from beginning to end (span)

8) (of ropes, the skin etc) tightly stretched (taut)

9) tightly stretched or strained; very nervous or excited; a verb form that shows time (tense)

10) fastened, fixed, fitting or held closely; stretched fully; (especially in compounds) made so that something cannot get out or in; packed so as to occupy the smallest possible space or to get in as much as possible (tight)