stretch

I stretched the rubber band until it almost broke.

The rubber band stretched almost to the breaking point.

First, stretch the skin over the frame of the drum.

I managed to stretch my coffee supply a few more days.

To say crossing the street was brave is stretching the meaning of "brave" considerably.

Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path […]. It twisted and turned,[…]and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights.

Cats stretch with equal ease and agility beyond the point that breaks a man on the rack.

His mustache stretched all the way to his sideburns.

Yakubu took advantage of John Ruddy's error to put the visitors back in front, with Chris Samba's header stretching their advantage.

a man apt to stretch in his report of facts

The ship stretched to the eastward.

By the fullest exploitation of modern signalling, multiple-unit operation and flying and burrowing junctions the S.R. has greatly increased the capacity of its tracks to carry this growing load of peak-hour passengers, but that capacity is now stretched to the limit.