upstretched

[ uhp-strecht ]

/ ʌpˈstrɛtʃt /

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adjective

stretched upward, as the arms.

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Origin of upstretched

First recorded in 1555–65; up- + stretch + -ed²

Words nearby upstretched

upstairs, upstanding, upstart, upstate, upstream, upstretched, upstroke, up-sum, upsurge, upsweep, upswell

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How to use upstretched in a sentence

At last the upstretched feelers were whipping back and forth almost too swiftly for the eye to follow.
Astounding Stories, April, 1931|Various
The kiss deepened between them; his head bent, hers upstretched.
Beggars on Horseback|F. Tennyson Jesse
The ball bounded away from an upstretched hand and Carmine fell on it at the twenty-two yards.
Left Tackle Thayer|Ralph Henry Barbour
The sandbag whistled as it cut down between the upstretched arms, and the watchman dropped as if hit by lightning.
Desert Conquest|A. M. Chisholm

With one hand he reached down and took hers, eagerly upstretched, drawing her to the rock on which he stood.
Nedra|George Barr McCutcheon

British Dictionary definitions for upstretched

upstretched

/ (ʌpˈstrɛtʃt) /

adjective

(esp of the arms) stretched or raised up

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