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Webster 1913 Edition


Outstretch

Out-stretch′

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Verb.
T.
To stretch out.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Outstretch

OUTSTRETCH'

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Verb.
T.
To extend; to stretch or spread out; to expand.

Definition 2024


outstretch

outstretch

English

Verb

outstretch (third-person singular simple present outstretches, present participle outstretching, simple past and past participle outstretched)

  1. To extend by stretching
    • 2012 November 14, John Branch, “Snow Fall : The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in New York Time:
      She knew from avalanche safety courses that outstretched hands might puncture the ice surface and alert rescuers. She knew that if victims ended up buried under the snow, cupped hands in front of the face could provide a small pocket of air for the mouth and nose. Without it, the first breaths could create a suffocating ice mask.

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