OUTSTRETCHED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does outstretched mean? 

• OUTSTRETCHED (adjective)
  The adjective OUTSTRETCHED has 1 sense:

1. fully extended especially in length

  Familiarity information: OUTSTRETCHED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OUTSTRETCHED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fully extended especially in length

Context example:

a kitten with one paw outstretched

Similar:

extended (fully extended or stretched forth)

 Context examples 

His fingers had scarce rested upon Aylward's shoulder ere the bowman was on his feet, with his hand outstretched to his sword.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Oh, sir, you are the very man whom I have longed to meet,” cried the little fellow with outstretched hands and quivering fingers.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He could hardly stand still so great was his mental agitation, and he ran towards Holmes with two eager hands outstretched.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I fell, but not on to the ground: an outstretched arm caught me.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

You had, then, been sitting with your feet outstretched to the fire, which a man would hardly do even in so wet a June as this if he were in his full health.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He made some motion with his mouth, and seemed to think he had spoken; but he had only pointed to her with his outstretched hand.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Van Helsing started angrily at the first sound, but his face softened and a glad look came into his eyes as I cried out: "Quincey Morris!" and rushed towards him with outstretched hands.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

They saw him slouch for'ard after breakfast, and, like a mendicant, with outstretched palm, accost a sailor.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

With a letter in her outstretched hand, and countenance gaily smiling, from the persuasion of bringing comfort, she entered their room, saying, Now, my dear, I bring you something that I am sure will do you good.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

But when the descending foot missed the solid flooring and felt vacancy beneath, it was the old Wolf Larsen and the tiger muscles that made the falling body spring across the opening, even as it fell, so that he struck on his chest and stomach, with arms outstretched, on the floor of the opposite side.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)