astretch adverb2 •Stretched out, extended.A thing half dead, with weary arms astretch / For anything to cling to — 1854 •Straining to perceive, alert (of sensory organs or mental faculties).[…] with attentive gaze, As winds dispelled the dark’ning haze, My eyes astretch—and all my mind afloat, To learn what sort of beings filled the boat — 1833
