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To reach out; to extend; to put forth. To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope. To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings. To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly. To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle. To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one's credit. To be extended; to be drawn out in length or in breadth, or both; to spread; to reach; as, the iron road stretches across the continent; the lake stretches over fifty square miles. To extend or spread one's self, or one's limbs; as, the lazy man yawns and stretches. To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile substances. To strain the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to stretch in his report of facts. To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the ship stretched to the eastward. Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the imagination. A continuous line or surface; a continuous space of time; as, grassy stretches of land. The extent to which anything may be stretched. The reach or extent of a vessel's progress on one tack; a tack or board. Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal.
An act of stretching. The ability to lengthen when pulled. A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration. A segment of a journey or route. A segment or length of material. A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it. A long reach in the direction of the ball with a foot remaining on the base by a first baseman in order to catch the ball sooner. Term of address for a tall person. The homestretch, the final straight section of the track leading to the finish. A length of time. A stretch limousine.
To lengthen by pulling. To lengthen when pulled. To pull tight. To get more use than expected from a limited resource. To make inaccurate by exaggeration. To extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point. To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles To extend to a limit point To increase. To stretch the truth; to exaggerate. To sail by the wind under press of canvas. To execute by hanging. To make great demands on the capacity or resources of something.