outstretch[verb]Synonyms: open, expand, extend, fan (out), outspread, spread, unfold
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
outstretch verb & noun.
[as verb aʊt'strɛtʃ, as noun 'aʊtstrɛtʃ] LME.[from OUT- + STRETCH verb, noun.]A. verb trans.1. Stretch or reach out (esp. one's hands or arms).
LME.2. Spread out or extend (land etc.) over an area. Freq. in
pass., be extended.
L15.3. Stretch beyond (a limit etc.); overreach.
L16.4. Stretch to the limit; strain. Now
rare or
obsolete.
E17.5. Surpass in competition.
M17-E18.b. noun.
1. The action or an act of stretching out.
M19.2. An outstretched tract of land; an extent.
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