Definition of Stretch

Verb: stretch strech

Occupy a large, elongated area
"The park stretched beneath the train line";
- stretch along
Extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body
"Stretch your legs!";
- extend
Make longer or of full length; remove folds by pulling
"stretch out that piece of cloth";
- unfold, stretch out, extend
Become longer by being stretched and pulled
"The fabric stretches"
Make long or longer by pulling and stretching
"stretch the fabric";
- elongate
Lie down comfortably
"To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass";
- stretch out
Pull in opposite directions
"During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack"
Extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly
"Stretch the limits"; "stretch my patience"; "stretch the imagination"
Corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
- load, adulterate, dilute, debase
Increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance
"stretch the soup by adding some more cream";
- extend
Extend one's body or limbs
"Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours";
- stretch out

Noun: stretch strech

A large and unbroken expanse or distance
"a stretch of highway"; "a stretch of clear water"
The act of physically reaching or thrusting out
- reach, reaching
(racing) a straightaway section of a racetrack
Exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
- stretching
Extension to or beyond the ordinary limit
"running at full stretch"; "by no stretch of the imagination"; "beyond any stretch of his understanding"
An unbroken period of time during which you do something
"there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary";
- stint
The capacity for being stretched
- stretchiness, stretchability

Adjective: stretch strech