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Definition of Stretch
1. Adjective. Having an elongated seating area. "A stretch limousine"
2. Noun. A large and unbroken expanse or distance. "A stretch of clear water"
3. Verb. Occupy a large, elongated area. "The park stretched beneath the train line"
4. Verb. Extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body. "Extend your right arm above your head"
Generic synonyms: Strain, Tense, Tense Up
Specialized synonyms: Spread-eagle, Crane, Stretch Out
Derivative terms: Extension, Extensor, Stretching
5. Adjective. Easily stretched. "Stretch hosiery"
6. Noun. The act of physically reaching or thrusting out.
Generic synonyms: Motility, Motion, Move, Movement
Specialized synonyms: Outreach
Derivative terms: Reach, Reach
7. Verb. Extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length. "Extend the TV antenna"
Generic synonyms: Change Form, Change Shape, Deform
Related verbs: Extend
Derivative terms: Extensible
8. Noun. A straightaway section of a racetrack.
Specialized synonyms: Homestretch
Group relationships: Racecourse, Racetrack, Raceway, Track
Generic synonyms: Straight, Straightaway
9. Verb. Become longer by being stretched and pulled. "These fabrics stretch easily"; "The fabric stretches"
10. Noun. Exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent.
Generic synonyms: Exercise, Exercising, Physical Exercise, Physical Exertion, Workout
Specialized synonyms: Pandiculation
11. Verb. Make long or longer by pulling and stretching. "Stretch the fabric"
Generic synonyms: Lengthen
Specialized synonyms: Shoetree, Tree
Derivative terms: Elongation, Elongation, Elongation, Stretcher, Stretching
12. Noun. Extension to or beyond the ordinary limit. "Beyond any stretch of his understanding"
13. Verb. Lie down comfortably. "To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass"
14. Noun. An unbroken period of time during which you do something. "He did a stretch in the federal penitentiary"
15. Verb. Pull in opposite directions. "During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack"
16. Noun. The capacity for being stretched.
Generic synonyms: Elasticity, Snap
Derivative terms: Stretchy, Stretchable, Stretchy
17. Verb. Extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly. "Stretch the imagination"
18. Verb. Corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones. "Adulterate liquor"
Related verbs: Extend
Generic synonyms: Corrupt, Spoil
Specialized synonyms: Water Down, Doctor, Doctor Up, Sophisticate
Derivative terms: Adulterant, Adulterant, Adulterator, Adulterator, Debasement, Dilution
19. Verb. Increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance. "Extend the casserole with a little rice"
20. Verb. Extend one's body or limbs. "Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours"
Definition of Stretch
1. v. t. To reach out; to extend; to put forth.
2. v. i. 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.
3. n. Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the imagination.
Definition of Stretch
1. Verb. (transitive) To lengthen by pulling. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) (ergative) To lengthen when pulled. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To pull tight. ¹
4. Verb. (figuratively) (transitive) To get more use than expected from a limited resource. ¹
5. Verb. (figuratively) (transitive) To be inaccurate by exaggeration. ¹
6. Verb. (intransitive) To extend from limit point to limit point. ¹
7. Verb. (intransitive) or (transitive) To extend one’s limbs or body in order to stretch the muscles. ¹
8. Verb. (intransitive) To extend to a limit point ¹
9. Verb. (transitive) to increase ¹
10. Noun. An act of stretching. ¹
11. Noun. The ability to lengthen when pulled. ¹
12. Noun. A course of thought which similarly diverts from 'straight' logic ¹
13. Noun. A segment of a journey or route. ¹
14. Noun. (baseball) A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it. ¹
15. Noun. (baseball) 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. ¹
16. Noun. A length of time ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stretch
1. to draw out or open to full length [v -ED, -ING, -ES]