stretch
verb
[ strɛtʃ ]
• (of something soft or elastic) be made or be capable of being made longer or wider without tearing or breaking.
• "my jumper stretched in the wash"
Similar:
be elastic,
be stretchy,
be stretchable,
be tensile,
• straighten or extend one's body or a part of one's body to its full length, typically so as to tighten one's muscles or in order to reach something.
• "the cat yawned and stretched"
Similar:
extend,
straighten,
straighten out,
unbend,
lie down,
recline,
lean back,
be recumbent,
be prostrate,
be prone,
sprawl,
drape oneself,
lounge,
loll,
• extend or spread over an area or period of time.
• "the beach stretches for over four miles"
• make great demands on the capacity or resources of.
• "the cost of the court case has stretched their finances to the limit"
stretch
noun
• an act of stretching one's limbs or body.
• "I got up and had a stretch"
Similar:
reach out,
hold out,
put out,
extend,
outstretch,
thrust out,
stick out,
proffer,
offer,
outreach,
• a continuous area or expanse of land or water.
• "a treacherous stretch of road"
Similar:
expanse,
area,
tract,
belt,
sweep,
extent,
spread,
reach,
length,
distance,
• a stretch limo.
• "a chauffeur-driven stretch"
Origin:
Old English streccan, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch strekken and German strecken . The noun dates from the late 16th century.
