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.
What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds. Wayne Dyer
Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way. Swami Vivekananda
Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens. Lao Tzu
Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time. Albert Camus
It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack. Katharine Hepburn
stretch in German is aufspannen, strecken, spannen
stretch in Italian is estendersi, stirato, espandere, stendere
stretch in Latin is tendo
stretch in Spanish is estiramiento, espaciar
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