outspread

American  

[out-spred, out-spred, out-spred] / ˌaʊtˈsprɛd, ˈaʊtˈsprɛd, ˈaʊtˌsprɛd /

verb (used with or without object)

outspread, outspreading

1. to spread out; extend.

   an eagle outspreading its wings.

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adjective

1. spread out; stretched out.

   outspread arms.

2. diffused abroad; widely disseminated.

   The outspread news had traveled quickly.

noun

1. the act of spreading out; expansion.

   the rapid outspread of the early American colonists.

2. something that is spread out; an expanse.

   a vast outspread of rich farmland.

outspread British  

verb

1. to spread out or cause to spread out

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adjective

1. spread or stretched out

2. scattered or diffused widely

noun

1. a spreading out

Etymology

Origin of outspread

1300–50; Middle English outspredden (v.). See out-, spread

Example Sentences

Outspread before my raptur’d eyes The wide unbounded prospect lies; The panoramic vision glows In beauty, grandeur and repose.

From The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland by Various

Outspread before him is the furious, indiscriminate cataract of life, the merciless flux, the infinite variety, the absolute inconstancy of it.

From Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe by Santayana, George

Outspread below, the whole horizon round Is one volcanic pyre.

From The Wonder-Working Magician by MacCarthy, Denis Florence

Most lovely was the verdure of the hills— A rich luxuriant green, o'er which the sky Of blue, translucent, clear without a cloud, Outspread its arching amplitude serene.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 by Various

Outspread, owt-spred′, v.t. to spread out or over.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

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