Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive & intransitive verb To stretch or extend or to be stretched or extended.
- noun The act of spreading out.
- noun Something spread out; an expanse.
- adjective Spread out; extended.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Expansion; the act of spreading abroad; extension.
- noun An extension; an expanse; a spreading out or beyond.
- To spread out; extend.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To spread out; to expand; -- usually as a past part. or adj.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive, intransitive To spread out;
expand ;extend . - adjective extended
outward , as one's arms
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective fully extended in width
Etymologies
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Examples
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Virgil too calls the outspread, even plain, “justissima tellus.”
The Vicarious Sacrifice, Grounded in Principles of Universal Obligation. 1802-1876 1871
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But there was weight in the cat's paw, and the claws of it were outspread like so many hooks.
CHAPTER XX 2010
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The angel pushed through the crowd, his wings outspread, even as Brystion slowly moved in front of me.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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Why had she sat in the same spot where I usually stayed, looking out over the ocean, my wings outspread to the night air?
Raziel Kristine Douglas 2011
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Some carry monikers that point to their geographical origin in the city: "Suvaco de Cristo," literally translated as "The Armpit of Christ," is based in a neighborhood more or less underneath the outspread arms of Rio's Christ the Redeemer statue.
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The best artists were imported for its decoration, which included carvings of warring archers, wild animal hunts, and eagles with outspread wings.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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A peregrine falcon was idling on the breeze, wings outspread – unusual behaviour, he said.
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The best artists were imported for its decoration, which included carvings of warring archers, wild animal hunts, and eagles with outspread wings.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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The best artists were imported for its decoration, which included carvings of warring archers, wild animal hunts, and eagles with outspread wings.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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The not yet-subsided sea rolled in long slow billows of mighty bulk and, striding in the Pequod's gurgling track, pushed her on like giants' palms outspread.
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