🙋 Extended upward 🙋 Stretched upward

to upstretched

5.7

To lift something with your arms or hands

verb
/ˌʌpˈstrɛtʃt/

: extendido

She upstretched her arms to reach the top shelf in the kitchen.

Examples

The cat upstretched its paws to reach the window.
He upstretched his hand to catch the falling letter before it hit the floor.
She upstretched her arms to reach the top shelf in the kitchen.
The children upstretched their hands eagerly to answer the teacher's question.
She upstretched her arms in celebration after winning the game.
The children upstretched their hands eagerly to answer the teacher's question.
He upstretched his hand to catch the falling letter before it hit the floor.

Synonyms

lifted

vsto upstretched

79 1.0

Held up in the air higher than normal

focuses more on stretching action than simply being raised

upraised

vsto upstretched

Archaic

4 4.8

Held high in the air, like a hand or torch

includes stretching action as well as merely holding upward

to uprear

vsto upstretched

Archaic

1 8.8

To lift something to a higher position

describes stretching or holding rather than active lifting upward

How High

to upstretched

5.7

lifted

79 1.0

raised

57 1.0

lowered

32 1.3

Surface Forms

upstretch infinitive

upstretched past

upstretched past participle

upstretching present participle

upstretches third person singular

Morphology

upstretched = upstretch (transparent) = up + stretch + ed

This sense is the simple past/past-participle form of the verb 'upstretch' formed by adding '-ed', so the relation is fully regular and transparent.

Etymology

Upstretched is the past form of upstretch, made from up- 'up' and stretch 'to reach'. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine someone who 'stretched up' to grab or point at something, so upstretched says that this upward action has already happened.