'Stretch out' definitions:
Definition of 'stretch out'
(from WordNet)
verb
Extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna" [syn: unfold, stretch, stretch out, extend]
verb
Lie down comfortably; "To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass" [syn: stretch, stretch out]
verb
Thrust or extend out; "He held out his hand"; "point a finger"; "extend a hand"; "the bee exserted its sting" [syn: exsert, stretch out, put out, extend, hold out, stretch forth]
verb
Extend one's body or limbs; "Let's stretch for a minute-- we've been sitting here for over 3 hours" [syn: stretch, stretch out]
verb
Stretch (the neck) so as to see better; "The women craned their necks to see the President drive by" [syn: crane, stretch out]
Definition of 'Stretch out'
From: GCIDE
- Stretch \Stretch\, v. i.
- 1. To be extended; to be drawn out in length or in breadth, or both; to spread; to reach; as, the iron road stretches across the continent; the lake stretches over fifty square miles. [1913 Webster]
- As far as stretcheth any ground. --Gower. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To extend or spread one's self, or one's limbs; as, the lazy man yawns and stretches. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile substances. [1913 Webster]
- The inner membrane . . . because it would stretch and yield, remained umbroken. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To strain the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to stretch in his report of facts. [Obs. or Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Naut.) To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the ship stretched to the eastward. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. [1913 Webster]
- Stretch out, an order to rowers to extend themselves forward in dipping the oar. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'stretch out'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adjourn,
- be lengthy,
- be prolonged,
- belong,
- carry,
- carry out,
- chatter,
- continue,
- cover,
- crane,
- dawdle,
- defer,
- delay,
- drag out,
- draw,
- draw out,
- dwell on,
- elongate,
- encompass,
- environ,
- extend,
- extend out,
- fill out,
- go,
- go out,
- hang fire,
- hang up,
- hold,
- hold off,
- hold over,
- hold up,
- lay aside,
- lay by,
- lay over,
- lengthen,
- lengthen out,
- let out,
- lie,
- lie down,
- linger on,
- never finish,
- outdistance,
- outlie,
- outrange,
- outreach,
- outstretch,
- pad,
- perorate,
- pigeonhole,
- postpone,
- procrastinate,
- produce,
- prolong,
- prolongate,
- prorogate,
- prorogue,
- protract,
- pull,
- push aside,
- put aside,
- put off,
- put on ice,
- range,
- range out,
- reach,
- reach out,
- recess,
- recline,
- repose,
- reserve,
- run,
- run out,
- set aside,
- set by,
- shelve,
- shift off,
- sleep on,
- span,
- speak at length,
- spin out,
- sprawl,
- spread,
- stand on tiptoes,
- stand over,
- stave off,
- stay,
- straddle,
- straggle,
- strain,
- stretch,
- string out,
- surround,
- suspend,
- sweep,
- table,
- take a recess,
- take in,
- tauten,
- temporize,
- tense,
- thrust out,
- tighten,
- waive