n. 25B6; verb
this material stretches : BE ELASTIC, be stretchy, be tensile.
he stretched the elastic : PULL (OUT), draw out, extend, lengthen, elongate, expand.
stretch your weekend into a vacation : PROLONG, lengthen, make longer, extend, spin out.
my budget won't stretch to a new car : BE SUFFICIENT FOR, be enough for, cover; afford, have the money for.
the court case stretched their finances : PUT A STRAIN ON, overtax, overextend, drain, sap.
stretching the truth : BEND, strain, distort, exaggerate, embellish.
she stretched out her hand to him : REACH OUT, hold out, extend, outstretch, proffer; poetic/literary outreach.
he stretched his arms : EXTEND, straighten (out).
she stretched out on the sofa : LIE DOWN, recline, lean back, be recumbent, sprawl, lounge, loll.
the desert stretches for miles : EXTEND, spread, continue.
shorten.
25B6; noun
magnificent stretches of forest : EXPANSE, area, tract, belt, sweep, extent.
a four-hour stretch : PERIOD, time, spell, run, stint, session, shift.
(informal) a ten-year stretch : (PRISON) SENTENCE; N. Amer. informal rap.
25B6; adjective stretch fabrics : STRETCHY, stretchable, elastic.