(of something soft or elastic) be made or be capable of being made longer or wider without tearing or breaking
my jumper stretched in the wash
rubber will stretch easily when pulled
straighten or extend one's body or a part of one's body to its full length, typically so as to tighten one's muscles or in order to reach something
the cat yawned and stretched
I stretched out a weary arm to turn on my radio
stretching my cramped legs
we lay stretched out on the sand
make great demands on the capacity or resources of
the cost of the court case has stretched their finances to the limit
an act of stretching one's limbs or body
I got up and had a stretch
a stretch limo
a chauffeur-driven stretch