Stretch

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.

the capacity for being stretched