to outstretch
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3.9
- verb
- /aʊtˈstrɛtʃ/
:
extender
- She decided to outstretch her arm to reach for the fruit on the highest branch.
- arms outstretched
- hands outstretched
- legs outstretched
Or maybe you just outstretch that arm, stick that finger out and just just barely touch the tip.
- Or maybe you just outstretch that arm, stick that finger out and just just barely touch the tip.
Examples
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Or maybe you just outstretch that arm, stick that finger out and just just barely touch the tip.
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Sees the bubbling pot! A huge butcher knife on the counter! And Lola, arms outstretched to greet him.
Fiction book (1993) -
All he saw was another pair of arms outstretched to grab him.
Fiction book (1992) -
Another man approached him, hand outstretched, a wild expression in his eyes.
Fiction book (1996) -
"Darlings!" A figure appeared at the head of the stairs, arms outstretched in welcome.
Fiction book (1990) -
He stayed there from dawn to dusk with his arms outstretched.
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Henry V stared at her, his gloved hand still outstretched where it had held hers.
Fiction book (1995) -
To his amazement, he finds himself floating outstretched on shimmering sunlit water.
Fiction book (1990) -
I stretched my body taut in the wind, limbs outstretched like a child imitating an airplane.
Fiction book (1997) -
Dylan stared at Ross's hand, outstretched on the scarred wooden table.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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1.0
Make something longer or wider by pulling it
265
2.7
To reach out with your body or make something longer
89
3.5
To put a hand forward to show or give something
73
2.7
To stretch a hand toward something to touch it
61
3.2
To extend beyond a surface or edge
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2.4
Make something longer in size, distance, or time
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5.8
To stick out from a surface or edge
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4.3
To stick out from a surface
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3.4
Move part of your body, for example your arm, to reach or see something
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4.8
To stick out from a surface, as when a balcony hangs over a street
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5.8
To make something longer by stretching or pulling it
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3.5
To stick out from something like a wall or table
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2.9
Coming out past a surface so it can be seen
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3.4
To stick out from a surface like a rock or shelf
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3.6
To stick out over the edge of something
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3.2
To turn a body part outward from the middle
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6.1
To reach out a hand or arm toward something to offer help
To stick out from something
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Morphology
Etymology
Outstretch comes from out- 'out' and stretch 'to make long', like when you 'stretch your arm'. So to outstretch something is to reach or stretch it outward to its full length.