Main entry: reach, reaching, stretch
Definition: the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
Main entry: stretch
Definition: extension to or beyond the ordinary limit
Usage: running at full stretch; by no stretch of the imagination; beyond any stretch of his understanding
Main entry: stretch, stretching
Definition: exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
Main entry: stretch
Definition: a straightaway section of a racetrack
Main entry: stretch, stretchability, stretchiness
Definition: the capacity for being stretched
Main entry: stretch
Definition: a large and unbroken expanse or distance
Usage: a stretch of highway; a stretch of clear water
Definition: an unbroken period of time during which you do something
Usage: there were stretches of boredom; he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary
Definition: extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body
Usage: Stretch your legs!; Extend your right arm above your head
Main entry: stretch, stretch out
Definition: extend one's body or limbs
Usage: Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours
Definition: increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance
Usage: stretch the soup by adding some more cream; extend the casserole with a little rice
Main entry: stretch
Definition: become longer by being stretched and pulled
Usage: The fabric stretches
Definition: make long or longer by pulling and stretching
Usage: stretch the fabric
Main entry: adulterate, dilute, debase, load, stretch
Definition: corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
Usage: adulterate liquor
Main entry: stretch
Definition: extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly
Usage: Stretch the limits; stretch my patience; stretch the imagination
Main entry: stretch
Definition: pull in opposite directions
Usage: During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack
Main entry: stretch, stretch out
Definition: lie down comfortably
Usage: To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass
Main entry: extend, stretch, stretch out, unfold
Definition: extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
Usage: Unfold the newspaper; stretch out that piece of cloth; extend the TV antenna
Main entry: stretch, stretch along
Definition: occupy a large, elongated area
Usage: The park stretched beneath the train line
Main entry: stretch
Definition: easily stretched
Usage: stretch hosiery
Main entry: stretch
Definition: having an elongated seating area
Usage: a stretch limousine