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OUTSPREAD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does outspread mean?
• OUTSPREAD (adjective)
The adjective OUTSPREAD has 1 sense:
1. fully extended in width
Familiarity information: OUTSPREAD used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fully extended in width
Synonyms:
outspread; spread
Context example:
with arms spread wide
Similar:
extended (fully extended or stretched forth)
Context examples
Her eyes gleamed, and her head tossed, while the smith with his two big hands outspread seemed to be soothing her as best he could.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But Amy did not laugh, for she was in earnest, and tapping on the outspread hand with her pencil, said soberly, Aren't you ashamed of a hand like that?
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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