[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

stretch \stretch\, v. t. imp.  p. p. stretched; p. pr.  vb.
   n. stretching. oe. strecchen, as. streccan; akin to d.
   strekken, g. strecken, ohg. strecchen, sw. straumcka, dan.
   straekke; cf. as. straeck, strec, strong, violent, g. strack
   straight; of uncertain origin, perhaps akin to e. strong. cf.
   straight.
   1. to reach out; to extend; to put forth.
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            and stretch forth his neck long and small.
                                                  --chaucer.
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            i in conquest stretched mine arm.     --shak.
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   2. to draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a
      straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope.
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   3. to cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as,
      to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings.
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   4. to make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly.
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            the ox hath therefore stretched his yoke in vain.
                                                  --shak.
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   5. to draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to
      stretch a tendon or muscle.
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            awake, my soul, stretch every nerve.  --doddridge.
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   6. to exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the
      truth; to stretch one's credit.
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            they take up, one day, the most violent and
            stretched prerogative.                --burke.
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see also:
stretched stretching straight 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

stretched
     adj 1: of muscles relieved of stiffness by stretching;
            "well-stretched muscles are less susceptible to
            injury"
     2: of the body extended to full length; "he lay stretched out
        on the bed"; "stretched her calves before running" syn: stretched
        out
     3: extended or spread over a wide area or distance; "broad
        fields lay stretched on both sides of us"
see also:
stretched out 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

50 moby thesaurus words for "stretched":
   aggrandized, amplified, ballyhooed, disproportionate, dragged out,
   drawn, drawn out, elongated, exaggerated, excessive, exorbitant,
   extended, extravagant, extreme, grandiloquent, high-flown,
   hyperbolic, inflated, inordinate, lengthened, magnified, overdone,
   overdrawn, overemphasized, overemphatic, overestimated, overgreat,
   overlarge, overpraised, oversold, overstated, overstressed,
   overwrought, prodigal, profuse, prolongated, prolonged, protracted,
   puffed, pulled, spun out, straggling, strained, stretched out,
   strung out, superlative, taut, tense, tight, touted

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