stretch

1. (transitive) To lengthen by pulling.Examples: "I stretched the rubber band until it almost broke."transitive

2. (intransitive) To lengthen when pulled.Examples: "The rubber band stretched almost to the breaking point."; "The inner membrane […] because it would stretch and yield, remained unbroken."intransitive

3. (transitive) To pull tight.Examples: "First, stretch the skin over the frame of the drum."transitive

4. (figuratively, transitive) To get more use than expected from a limited resource.Examples: "I managed to stretch my coffee supply a few more days."figurativelytransitive

5. (figuratively, transitive) To make inaccurate by exaggeration.Examples: "To say crossing the street was brave is stretching the meaning of "brave" considerably."; "To say he's been to this park a million times is stretching the numbers. The true number is around 30 or 40."figurativelytransitive

6. (intransitive) To extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point.Examples: "The beach stretches from Cresswell to Amble."; "Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path[…]. It twisted and turned,[…]and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights."; "Behind them, stretching in a long line east and west, were the Roan and Book Cliffs, cut to their base by the river's gorge, and meandering away in long wavy lines distorted by heat haze and the smoke of forest fires."intransitive