outstretch
[out-strech]
verb (used with object)
RELATED WORDS
bloat, broaden, coat, daub, dilate, disperse, enlarge, escalate, flatten, flow, increase, lengthen, multiply, mushroom, overlay, paint, pervade, prepare, proliferate, radiate
Nearby words
- outstanding,
- outstandingly,
- outstare,
- outstation,
- outstay,
- outstretched,
- outstrip,
- outstroke,
- outsung,
- outswear
Origin of outstretch
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Examples from the Web for outstretch
In the outstretch, for the second time, Aramis shot forward like the arrow from a bended bow.
There is something tragic to me in the outstretch of a city.
The Spell of Switzerland|Nathan Haskell DoleThe minister was mentioning names, too, but the girl had her back to them and was studying the outstretch.
The House of Fulfilment|George Madden Martin
outstretch
verb (tr)
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outstretch
mid-14c., from out + stretch (v.). Related: Outstretched; outstretching.
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