extend one's body or limbs; "Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours"

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"

make long or longer by pulling and stretching; "stretch the fabric"

pull in opposite directions; "During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack"

stretch verb