Capable of being stretched.

Of a material object:(a) capable of being extended in any dimension or direction; (b) capable of being protruded; = extensile, adj. 2.

Capable of being extended; extensible. Obsolete.

Capable of being stretched; = tensile, adj. 1.

Capable of being stretched; susceptible of extension; ductile.

Capable of being stretched. Obsolete.

Capable of being distended; distensible.

Capable of being extended or stretched out; capable of being enlarged in length, area, or duration, or in range or scope of meaning or operation; =…

Capable of being drawn asunder or stretched, extensible; of or relating to stretching. (Cf. contractile, adj.) In Botany applied by Richard to…

= distensible, adj. Also, capable of distending or causing distension.

Capable of being stretched out; extensible.

(Partly attributive use of the noun.) In popular language, esp.: That can be stretched without permanent alteration of size or shape. Applied to…

Capable of being distended or dilated by stretching.

Capable of distending or being distended; distensible.

Having the quality of stretching; elastic.

That stretches, in the senses of the verb. stretching gallop, a gallop in which the legs of the horse are fully extended.

Extending in two directions or dimensions, or having two modes of variation. (In quot. 1894 coinciding with sense A. 1) two-way stretch…