WordNet
v. occupy a large, elongated area; "The park stretched beneath the train line" [syn: stretch]
Usage examples of "stretch along".
Concealed from traffic by the wooded stretch along the road, Drew backed the van until it was almost against a chestnut tree.
Lately a group calling itself the River Pack has taken a long stretch along the riverbanks and is levying such high passage fees that they have effectively cut this city off from supply.
We emerged upon solid footing, a stretch along the shore, and we walked along the sand.
Like cuirassiers in old wars, stamping and springing high, we drove each other down the short alley and with this impetus in our legs a farther stretch along the main road.
She hadnt realized how far a marching army would stretch along the road, especially a large one.
She hadn't realized how far a marching army would stretch along the road, especially a large one.
The wind - still little more than a breeze in here - was broad on the beam, so the frigate could stretch along comfortably.
Louis, beautiful white sand beaches stretch along the Illinois side of the Mississippi.
In a thicket a hundred yards from the structure entrance, where she could watch the stretch along which she had come, Nile tried turning over the questions.