(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.
