stretch
To lengthen by pulling.
Example
“I stretched the rubber band until it almost broke.”
Other meanings
To lengthen when pulled.
“The rubber band stretched almost to the breaking point.”
To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body, for example in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles.
“I always stretch my muscles before exercising.”
Related words
- at full stretch
- antistretch
- electrostretch
- forestretch
- frontstretch
- hyperstretch
- mechanostretch
- microstretch
- midstretch
- nonstretch
- prestretch
- restretch
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "streċċan" (to stretch, hold out, extend, spread out, prostrate).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “stretch” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.