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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61. His horizons didn't stretch beyond his next night out.
62. The cables are designed not to stretch.
63. He hewed down three trees at a stretch.
64. Reporters sometimes stretch the facts to make a point.
65. He had a good stretch on the bed.
66. The beach seemed to stretch endlessly.
67. It's a very dangerous stretch of road.
68. This stretch of water is heavily used by shipping.
69. They reafforested a wide stretch of badlands.
70. He did a ten-year stretch for fraud.
71. You can't stretch the rules to suit yourself.
72. The car journey took three hours, including a couple of stops to stretch our legs.
73. He decided to stretch his trip in Europe for another week.
74. He would study for eight to ten hours at a stretch.
75. The dog woke up, had a good stretch and wandered off.
76. The prairies stretch on all sides as far as the eye can see.
77. I'd like to stretch my mortgage payments out over a longer period if possible.
78. We don't normally allow in people under 18, but I suppose we could stretch the rules for you as it's your birthday tomorrow.
79. Hundreds of vehicles have become snowbound and police are warning people not to travel on this stretch of the motorway.
80. The dogs were leaping and growling at the full stretch of their chains.
81. Not by any stretch of the imagination could she be called beautiful .
82. With staff shortages and appalling weather conditions, the emergency services were at full stretch.
83. She could not, by any stretch of the imagination, be called beautiful.
84. It's a good idea to stretch before you take vigorous exercise.
85. She was overtaken on the last stretch of the course.
86. The Andes stretch for 7250 km along the west coast of South America.
87. Her husband was not a womaniser by any stretch of the imagination.
88. I'm just going to stretch out on the couch for ten minutes.
89. You need a material with plenty of stretch in it.
90. The emergency services are working at full stretch today to cope with the accident.
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.