stretch out
83 synonyms found
- adjourn
- be lengthy
- be prolonged
- belong
- carry
- carry out
- chatter
- continue
- crane
- dawdle
- defer
- drag out
- draw out
- dwell on
- elongate
- encompass
- environ
- extend out
- fill out
- go
- go out
- hang fire
- hang up
- hold off
- hold over
- hold up
- lay aside
- lay by
- lay over
- lengthen
- lengthen out
- let out
- lie down
- linger on
- never finish
- outdistance
- outlie
- outrange
- outreach
- outstretch
- perorate
- pigeonhole
- procrastinate
- produce
- prolongate
- prorogate
- prorogue
- protract
- pull
- push aside
- put aside
- put off
- put on ice
- range out
- reach out
- recess
- recline
- run out
- set aside
- set by
- shelve
- shift off
- sleep on
- span
- speak at length
- spin out
- sprawl
- stand on tiptoes
- stand over
- stave off
- straddle
- straggle
- string out
- surround
- suspend
- sweep
- take a recess
- take in
- tauten
- temporize
- thrust out
- tighten
- waive
Definition
(adj) :
(of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching; extended or spread over a wide area or distance
"well-stretched muscles are less susceptible to injury"