Definition of stretch
easily stretched; "stretch hosiery"
extend one's limbs or muscles, or the
entire body; "Stretch your legs!"; "Extend your
right arm
above your head"
extend or
stretch out to a
greater or the
full length; "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that
piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna"
pull in
opposite directions; "During the Inquisition, the torturers would
stretch their victims on a rack"
extend the
scope or
meaning of;
often unduly; "Stretch the limits"; "stretch my patience"; "stretch the imagination"