Synonym: distend, draw out, elongate, expand, extend, spread, strain. Antonym: shrink. Similar words: stretch out, retreat, stress, streak, street, stream, contretemps, distress. Meaning: [stretʃ] 
n. 1. a large and unbroken expanse or distance 2. the act of physically reaching or thrusting out 3. a straightaway section of a racetrack 4. exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent 5. extension to or beyond the ordinary limit 6. an unbroken period of time during which you do something 7. the capacity for being stretched. v. 1. occupy a large, elongated area 2. extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body 3. extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length 4. become longer by being stretched and pulled 5. make long or longer by pulling and stretching 6. lie down comfortably 7. pull in opposite directions 8. extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly 9. corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones 10. increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance 11. extend one's body or limbs. adj. 1. having an elongated seating area 2. easily stretched.
n. 1. a large and unbroken expanse or distance 2. the act of physically reaching or thrusting out 3. a straightaway section of a racetrack 4. exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent 5. extension to or beyond the ordinary limit 6. an unbroken period of time during which you do something 7. the capacity for being stretched. v. 1. occupy a large, elongated area 2. extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body 3. extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length 4. become longer by being stretched and pulled 5. make long or longer by pulling and stretching 6. lie down comfortably 7. pull in opposite directions 8. extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly 9. corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones 10. increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance 11. extend one's body or limbs. adj. 1. having an elongated seating area 2. easily stretched. 
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271. Every available stretch of water - be it river, sea or reservoir - is likely to harbour a sailing club.
272. Woods then holed a birdie putt from six feet to stretch his lead to four.
273. The stretching of the elastic explains the elasticity of lung tissue and that energy is required to stretch the tissue.
274. Hold for 1 second in that extreme position, then push and stretch a little further for a count of 25.
275. This time a thirty-year-old schoolteacher cycling home to Hunstanton who had a puncture on a lonely stretch of road.
276. He took the opportunity to stretch his legs and eat some biscuits and bananas.
277. Gently stretch forwards for 25 counts, holding each stretch for 1 second.
278. Stretch the upper arm up and over even further than yesterday.
279. The terrain is very varied from the great expanse of Dartmoor to the gentler stretch of Exmoor.
280. The contrast with today couldn't have been greater-we even took a pleasure boat over the same stretch of water.
281. He is especially strong in the first and second congressional districts that stretch from Pensacola to Jacksonville on the East Coast.
282. Joan and Jack enjoy meeting their guests and many breakfasts stretch into the mid-morning as new friendships are made.
283. Two plays later,(http://sentencedict.com/stretch.html) Humphries found Martin in the corner of the end zone to stretch the lead to 14-0.
284. Over a stretch of muddy field ... she had to bridge the gap - decide.
285. Or stretch her limbs and laugh at the careworn ways of her elders?
286. That question asks us to change our focus and consider our legal practice not in cross-section but over some stretch of time.
More similar words: stretch out, retreat, stress, streak, street, stream, contretemps, distress, strengthen, mainstream, obstreperous, Dutch, bitch, pitch, catch, patch, watch, pitcher, switch, tree, scratch, catches, kitchen, catch on, trend, switch off, switch on, treaty, retail, retire.