stretch

/stretʃ/ v [I/T] (BECOME LONGER)

Definition

› to reach across a distance or become longer or wider, or to cause something to do this: [I] Rubber stretches when you pull it. [T] The banner was stretched across the street. [M] He removed his hat and stretched out his arms to embrace her. › If you stretch your body, your arms, or your legs, you straighten them so that they are as long as possible: [T] "I’m so tired," she said, yawning and stretching her arms.

(Definition of stretch v (BECOME LONGER) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)