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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151. As they enter the home stretch of the campaign, the President's lead has grown.
152. You rarely see boats on this stretch of the river.
153. Although we were supposed to finish this month, it looks like the work will stretch well into next year.
154. Oil has come ashore on a ten mile stretch to the east of Plymouth.
155. We're going into the home stretch of the presidential election.
156. There were plans to deepen a stretch of the river.
157. I stopped at the square and got out to stretch my legs.
158. Observant walkers may see red deer along this stretch of the road.
159. She suggested to me that I might like to start regular savings and I said Well, I don't know whether I can stretch to that.
160. She rarely sleeps for eight hours at a stretch .
161. By no stretch of the imagination could you call him ambitious.
162. The plot does stretch credulity.
163. Stretch up alternate hands - even higher than yesterday!
164. Pools of crude oil stretch in every direction.
165. Pipelines stretch through the brush like giant serpents.
166. An appallingly self-satisfied financial adviser-think Malvolio in a stretch limo-finds that his wife is cheating on him.
167. It glittered like glass and seemed to stretch out endlessly.
168. If Virginia Street seemed to stretch the material to fill the space, this second play seems to cram it in.
169. She was born in Paris in 1908, where her parents had fled to stretch their limited means.
170. Shallow Pools and Crevices Considerable variation in shore fauna can occur even in the same stretch of coast.
171. Alma made them string clothesline around so she could stretch blanketing over him and down to the floor without its touching him.
172. I could stretch both arms toward the sides of the chamber without touching them.
173. Possibly a little bracing if your nearest stretch of coast is in Britain.
174. Not a wet, cold, grey and grizzly day on a lonely and deserted stretch of coast at Birkenhead.
175. Erik Menendez ended his 15-day stretch on the witness stand by introducing an allegation that his entertainment-executive father might have killed somebody. Sentencedict.com
176. Not boring white or dark blue broadcloth, but in an explosion of colors and fabrics, from stretch denim to corduroy.
177. We glide along a glassy-smooth stretch of water, listening to the steadily increasing roar of Hance Rapid.
178. Straighten both legs and stretch right out of your hips; straighten the spine and let your chin fall to your chest.
179. The chalk pit itself is potentially a valuable habitat and adds yet one more facet to this lovely stretch of land.
180. In the Mercedes, tall drivers can really stretch their legs but, not surprisingly, those behind will suffer accordingly.
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