to outstretch
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4.2
- verb
- /aʊtˈstrɛtʃ/
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sobresalir
- Above was an impenetrable thundercloud outstretched beyond the hills.
- outstretched hands
Examples
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Alain outstretches his hand.
Fiction book (1998) -
"Hawk was leaning his back against the bar, his feet outstretched, looking at the casino.
Fiction book (1996) -
Quincy eagerly outstretches his hand.
Fiction book (1998) -
He stands rigid; she is more relaxed, her right leg slightly outstretched.
Academic text (1996) -
Not far away, another pelican with wings outstretched was rushing across the open expanse of water, trying to lift itself into flight.
Fiction book (1990) -
There's when my head would have reached the bag, but there's when my outstretched arm arms the bag because I can extend my arm faster than I can run.
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Resolutely, she gathered her pages, the pencil, her cup, and cigarettes, and walked back past the offending plants on the walk and through the outstretching vines from her gardens.
Fiction book (1994) -
The athlete outstretches his arms to celebrate his victory.
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She outstretches her legs after a long day of sitting at her desk.
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The cat outstretches itself comfortably on the sunny windowsill.
Synonyms
285
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
34
2.4
Make something longer in size, distance, or time
31
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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3.5
To stick out from something like a wall or table
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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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4.2
To continue for a long distance along a narrow area
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6.1
To reach out a hand or arm toward something to offer help
To stick out from something
Antonyms
How Far
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Outstretch comes from out- 'beyond' and stretch 'to make long', so to outstretch something is to stretch it farther or beyond another thing.