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

See also

Stretch (disambiguation) Stretcher (disambiguation)