Look up stretching in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Stretching is a form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle is deliberately elongated to its fullest length.
Stretching may also refer to:
- Canvas stretching, the lengthening of a canvas by pulling
- Scaling (geometry) in one direction
- Stretching (body piercing), the deliberate expansion of a healed fistula for the purpose of wearing body piercing jewelry
- Stretching the truth
- Vortex stretching, the lengthening of vortices in three-dimensional fluid flow