Словарь синонимов английского языка - stretch

(v) 1. extend, reach; span, spread: Her memory stretches back to the first World War. His Dexas ranch stretches as far as the eye can see. 2. distend, lengthen, elongate, widen, broaden, swell, draw or pull out, balloon, inflate, enlarge, expand, increase, dilate, blow up: Stretch the netting to cover the frame. 3. overtax, overextend; warp, strain, distort, bend, break: We like to stretch our employees in this company. He is stretching the rules by allowing undergraduates to take his course. -(n) 4. elasticity, give, resilience, resiliency, stretchability, stretchiness: There isn't much stretch left in this old rubber band. 5. extent, reach, span, spread, expanse, sweep, area, tract, US section: There is a stretch of desert just south of the coast. 6. time, stint, period, spell, term, tour (of duty), Colloq US and Canadian hitch: He signed up for a two-year stretch in the navy. He once did a six-month stretch in prison for assault.