| noun | act of expanding by lengthening or widening |
| noun | exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent |
| verb | occupy a large, elongated area “The park stretched beneath the train line” |
| verb | extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body “Stretch your legs!” |
| verb | extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length “Unfold the newspaper” |
| verb | become longer by being stretched and pulled “The fabric stretches” |
| verb | make long or longer by pulling and stretching “stretch the fabric” |
| verb | lie down comfortably “To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass” |
| verb | pull in opposite directions “During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack” |
| verb | extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly “Stretch the limits” |
| verb | corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones “adulterate liquor” |
| verb | increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance “stretch the soup by adding some more cream” |
| verb | extend one's body or limbs “Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours” |
| stretch | verb | make long or longer by pulling and stretching |
| stretch | noun | a large and unbroken expanse or distance |
| stretching | noun | exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent |
| extension | noun | act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb |
| extensor | noun | a skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part |
| extensible | adjective | capable of being protruded or stretched or opened out |
| elongation | noun | the quality of being elongated |
| stretcher | noun | a mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it |
| adulterant | adjective | making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials |
| adulterant | noun | any substance that lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance |
| adulterator | noun | any substance that lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance |
| dilution | noun | weakening (reducing the concentration) by the addition of water or a thinner |
| debasement | noun | being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating |