STRETCHING

To lengthen by pulling.

Example: "I stretched the rubber band until it almost broke."

To lengthen when pulled.

Example: "The rubber band stretched almost to the breaking point."

To pull tight.

Example: "First, stretch the skin over the frame of the drum."

To get more use than expected from a limited resource.

Example: "I managed to stretch my coffee supply a few more days."

To make inaccurate by exaggeration.

Example: "To say crossing the street was brave is stretching the meaning of "brave" considerably."

To extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point.

Example: "The beach stretches from cresswell to amble."

To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles

Example: "Cats stretch with equal ease and agility beyond the point that breaks a man on the rack."

To extend to a limit point

Example: "His mustache stretched all the way to his sideburns."

To increase.

To stretch the truth; to exaggerate.

Example: "A man apt to stretch in his report of facts"

To sail by the wind under press of canvas.

Example: "The ship stretched to the eastward."

To execute by hanging.

To make great demands on the capacity or resources of something.