stretches out
Reaches full length
To stretch out is to extend something to its full length, or to extend oneself—lying down or reaching.
A cat stretches out in a sunbeam.
You stretch out your legs after a long drive.
The phrase also applies to time or space: The desert stretches out for miles.
To stretch out a task is to prolong it beyond its natural duration.
- expandsIncreases in volume
- extendsIncreases in scope
- spreads outExtends over space
- lengthensIncreases in extent
- spreadsDistributes over area
fans out · unfolds · elongates · opens up · reaches · straightens · prolongs · draws out · unfurls · unrolls · pulls · increases · sprawls · grows · splays · protracts · reclines · lies down
temporal duration
stretches outshortens
Reduces in length
condenses · abbreviates · cuts short · compresses · truncates
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