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Meaning Of Stretch
v. t.
To reach out; to extend; to put forth.
v. t.
To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a
straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope.
v. t.
To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand;
as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings.
v. t.
To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly.
v. t.
To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as,
to stretch a tendon or muscle.
v. t.
To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the
truth; to stretch one's credit.
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.
v. i.
To extend or spread one's self, or one's limbs; as, the
lazy man yawns and stretches.
v. i.
To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking,
as elastic or ductile substances.
v. i.
To strain the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to
stretch in his report of facts.
v. i.
To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the ship
stretched to the eastward.
n.
Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach;
effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the
imagination.
n.
A continuous line or surface; a continuous space of time;
as, grassy stretches of land.
n.
The extent to which anything may be stretched.
n.
The reach or extent of a vessel's progress on one tack; a
tack or board.
n.
Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal.