1.  stretch(n = noun.object) Array - a large and unbroken expanse or distance; "a stretch of highway"; "a stretch of clear water"
is a kind of expanse
has particulars: slack, slack water
Derived form verb stretch₁

2.  stretch(n = noun.act) reach, reaching - the act of physically reaching or thrusting out; Array
is a kind of motility, motion, move, movement
has particulars: outreach
Derived form verb stretch₁₁

3.  stretch(n = noun.artifact) Array - a straightaway section of a racetrack; Array
is a kind of straight, straightaway
is a part of racecourse, racetrack, raceway, track
has particulars: homestretch

4.  stretch(n = noun.act) stretching - exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent; Array
is a kind of exercise, exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout
has particulars: pandiculation
Derived form verb stretch₂

5.  stretch(n = noun.act) Array - extension to or beyond the ordinary limit; "running at full stretch"; "by no stretch of the imagination"; "beyond any stretch of his understanding"
is a kind of extension
Derived forms verb stretch₄, verb stretch₅, verb stretch₈

6.  stretch(n = noun.time) stint - an unbroken period of time during which you do something; "there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary"
is a kind of continuance, duration

7.  stretch(n = noun.attribute) stretchability, stretchiness - the capacity for being stretched; Array
is a kind of elasticity, snap
Derived forms verb stretch₄, adjective stretchy₁

1.  stretch(s = adj.all) Array - having an elongated seating area; "a stretch limousine"

2.  stretch(s = adj.all) Array - easily stretched; "stretch hosiery"

1.  stretch(v = verb.stative) stretch along - occupy a large, elongated area; "The park stretched beneath the train line"
is one way to be
Derived form noun stretch₁
Sample sentences: Something is ----ing PP

2.  stretch(v = verb.body) extend - extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body; "Stretch your legs!"; "Extend your right arm above your head"
is one way to strain, tense, tense up
Derived forms noun stretch₄, noun stretching₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something

3.  stretch(v = verb.motion) extend, stretch out, unfold - extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna"
is one way to change form, change shape, deform
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Somebody ----s something

4.  stretch(v = verb.change) Array - become longer by being stretched and pulled; "The fabric stretches"
is one way to grow
Antonym: shrink
Derived forms noun stretch₅, noun stretch₇
Sample sentences: These fabrics stretch easily

5.  stretch(v = verb.change) elongate - make long or longer by pulling and stretching; "stretch the fabric"
is one way to lengthen
Derived forms noun stretch₅, noun stretcher₂, noun stretching₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

6.  stretch(v = verb.motion) stretch out - lie down comfortably; "To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass"
is one way to lie, lie down
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s

7.  stretch(v = verb.contact) Array - pull in opposite directions; "During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack"
is one way to draw, force, pull
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something

8.  stretch(v = verb.change) Array - extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly; "Stretch the limits"; "stretch my patience"; "stretch the imagination"
is one way to broaden, extend, widen
Derived form noun stretch₅
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

9.  stretch(v = verb.change) adulterate, debase, dilute, load - corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"
is one way to corrupt, spoil
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

10.  stretch(v = verb.change) extend - increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance; "stretch the soup by adding some more cream"; "extend the casserole with a little rice"
is one way to increase
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

11.  stretch(v = verb.body) stretch out - extend one's body or limbs; "Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours"
is one way to move
Derived form noun stretch₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s

1.  To reach out; to extend; to put forth. [1913 Webster]
"And stretch forth his neck long and small." [1913 Webster]
"I in conquest stretched mine arm." [1913 Webster]

2.  To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope. [1913 Webster]

3.  To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings. [1913 Webster]

4.  To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly. [1913 Webster]
"The ox hath therefore stretched his yoke in vain." [1913 Webster]

5.  To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle. [1913 Webster]
"Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve." [1913 Webster]

6.  To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one's credit. [1913 Webster]
"They take up, one day, the most violent and stretched prerogative." [1913 Webster]

1.  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. [1913 Webster]
"As far as stretcheth any ground." [1913 Webster]

2.  To extend or spread one's self, or one's limbs; as, the lazy man yawns and stretches. [1913 Webster]

3.  To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile substances. [1913 Webster]
"The inner membrane . . . because it would stretch and yield, remained umbroken." [1913 Webster]

4.  To strain the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to stretch in his report of facts. [1913 Webster]

5.  To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the ship stretched to the eastward. Ham. Nav. Encyc. [1913 Webster]

1.  Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the imagination. [1913 Webster]
"By stretch of arms the distant shore to gain." [1913 Webster]
"Those put a lawful authority upon the stretch, to the abuse of yower, under the color of prerogative." [1913 Webster]

2.  A continuous line or surface; a continuous space of time; as, grassy stretches of land. [1913 Webster]
"A great stretch of cultivated country." [1913 Webster]
"But all of them left me a week at a stretch." [1913 Webster]

3.  The extent to which anything may be stretched. [1913 Webster]
"Quotations, in their utmost stretch, can signify no more than that Luther lay under severe agonies of mind." [1913 Webster]
"This is the utmost stretch that nature can." [1913 Webster]

4.  The reach or extent of a vessel's progress on one tack; a tack or board. [1913 Webster]

5.  Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal. [1913 Webster]

stretch, v. & n.
--v.
1 tr. & intr. draw or be drawn or admit of being drawn out into greater length or size.
2 tr. & intr. make or become taut.
3 tr. & intr. place or lie at full length or spread out (with a canopy stretched over them).
4 tr. (also absol.) a extend (an arm, leg, etc.). b (often refl.) thrust out one's limbs and tighten one's muscles after being relaxed.
5 intr. have a specified length or extension; extend (farmland stretches for many miles).
6 tr. strain or exert extremely or excessively; exaggerate (stretch the truth).
7 intr. (as stretched adj.) lying at full length.
--n.
1 a continuous extent or expanse or period (a stretch of open road).
2 the act or an instance of stretching; the state of being stretched.
3 (attrib.) able to stretch; elastic (stretch fabric).
4 a colloq. a period of imprisonment. b a period of service.
5 US the straight side of a racetrack.
6 Naut. the distance covered on one tack.

Idiom:
at full stretch working to capacity. at a stretch
1 in one continuous period (slept for two hours at a stretch).
2 with much effort. stretch one's legs exercise oneself by walking. stretch marks marks on the skin resulting from a gain of weight, or on the abdomen after pregnancy.
stretch out
1 tr. extend (a hand or foot etc.).
2 intr. & tr. last for a longer period; prolong.
3 tr. make (money etc.) last for a sufficient time. stretch a point agree to something not normally allowed. stretch one's wings see WING.

Derivative:
stretchable adj. stretchability n. stretchy adj. stretchiness n.

Etymology:
OE streccan f. WG: cf. STRAIGHT

N  exertion, effort, strain, tug, pull, stress, throw, stretch, struggle, spell, spurt, spirt, stroke of work, stitch of work, a strong pull a long pull and a pull all together, dead lift, heft, gymnastics, exercise, exercitation, wear and tear, ado, toil and trouble, uphill work, hard work, warm work, harvest time, labor, work, toil, travail, manual labor, sweat of one's brow, swink, drudgery, slavery, fagging, hammering, limae labor, industry, industriousness, operoseness, operosity, trouble, pains, duty, resolution, energy, laboring, laborious, operose, elaborate, strained, toilsome, troublesome, wearisome, uphill, herculean, gymnastic, palestric, hard-working, painstaking, strenuous, energetic, hard at work, on the stretch, laboriously, lustily, pugnis et calcibus, with might and main, with all one's might, with a strong hand, with a sledge hammer, with much ado, to the best of one's abilities, totis viribus, vi et armis, manibus pedibusque, tooth and nail, unguibus et rostro, hammer and tongs, heart and soul, through thick and thin, by the sweat of one's brow, suo Marte, aide-toi le ciel t'aidera, and still be doing, never done, buen principio la mitad es hecha, cosa ben fatta e' fatta due volie, it is better to wear out than to rust out, labor omnia vincit, labor, wide as the earth, has its summit in Heaven, le travail du corps delivre des peines de l'esprit, manu forti, ora et labora.

N  space, extension, extent, superficial extent, expanse, stretch, hyperspace, room, scope, range, field, way, expansion, compass, sweep, swing, spread, dimension, length, distance, size, volume, hypervolume, latitude, play, leeway, purchase, tolerance, room for maneuver, spare room, elbow room, house room, stowage, roomage, margin, opening, sphere, arena, open space, free space, void, waste, wildness, wilderness, moor, moorland, campagna, abyss, unlimited space, infinity, world, ubiquity, length and breadth of the land, proportions, acreage, acres, acres and perches, roods and perches, hectares, square miles, square inches, square yards, square centimeters, square meters, yards (clothing), ares, arpents, spacious, roomy, extensive, expansive, capacious, ample, widespread, vast, world-wide, uncircumscribed, boundless, shoreless, trackless, pathless, extended, extensively, wherever, everywhere, far and near, far and wide, right and left, all over, all the world over, throughout the world, throughout the length and breadth of the land, under the sun, in every quarter, in all quarters, in all lands, here there and everywhere, from pole to pole, from China to Peru, from Indus to the pole, from Dan to Beersheba, from end to end, on the face of the earth, in the wide world, from all points of the compass, to the four winds, to the uttermost parts of the earth.

VB  become larger &c (large), expand, widen, enlarge, extend, grow, increase, incrassate, swell, gather, fill out, deploy, take open order, dilate, stretch, distend, spread, mantle, wax, grow up, spring up, bud, bourgeon, shoot, sprout, germinate, put forth, vegetate, pullulate, open, burst forth, gain flesh, gather flesh, outgrow, spread like wildfire, overrun, be larger than, surpass, render larger &c (large), expand, spread, extend, aggrandize, distend, develop, amplify, spread out, widen, magnify, rarefy, inflate, puff, blow up, stuff, pad, cram, exaggerate, fatten.

VB  be long, stretch out, sprawl, extend to, reach to, stretch to, make a long arm, drag its slow length along, render long, lengthen, extend, elongate, stretch, prolong, produce, protract, let out, draw out, spin out, drawl, enfilade, look along, view in perspective, distend (expand).

N  undueness, malum prohibitum, impropriety, illegality, falseness, emptiness of title, invalidity of title, illegitimacy, loss of right, disfranchisement, forfeiture, usurpation, tort, violation, breach, encroachment, presumption, assumption, seizure, stretch, exaction, imposition, lion's share, usurper, pretender, undue, unlawful, unconstitutional, illicit, unauthorized, unwarranted, disallowed, unallowed, unsanctioned, unjustified, unentitled, disentitled, unqualified, disqualified, unprivileged, unchartered, illegitimate, bastard, spurious, supposititious, false, usurped, tortious, undeserved, unmerited, unearned, unfulfilled, forfeited, disfranchised, improper, unmeet, unfit, unbefitting, unseemly, unbecoming, misbecoming, seemless, contra bonos mores, not the thing, out of the question, not to be thought of, preposterous, pretentious, would-be, filius nullius.

VB  stretch, flex, extend, distend, be elastic, bounce, spring back.

N  exaggeration, expansion, hyperbole, stretch, strain, coloring, high coloring, caricature, caricatura, extravagance, Baron Munchausen, men in buckram, yarn, fringe, embroidery, traveler's tale, fish story, gooseberry, storm in a teacup, much ado about nothing, puff, puffery, rant, figure of speech, facon de parler, stretch of fancy, stretch of the imagination, flight of fancy, false coloring, aggravation, exaggerated, overwrought, bombastic, hyperbolical, on stilts, fabulous, extravagant, preposterous, egregious, outre, highflying, hyperbolically, excitabat enim fluctus in simpulo.

VB  exaggerate, magnify, pile up, aggravate, amplify, overestimate, hyperbolize, overcharge, overstate, overdraw, overlay, overshoot the mark, overpraise, make over much, over the most of, strain, strain over a point, stretch, stretch a point, go great lengths, spin a long yarn, draw with a longbow, shoot with a longbow, deal in the marvelous, out-Herod Herod, run riot, talk at random, heighten, overcolor, color highly, color too highly, broder, flourish, color, puff.

stretch along, stretch forth, stretch mark, stretch of the imagination, stretch out, stretch pants, stretch receptor, stretch reflex, stretch the truth