Meaning

1 senses

  1. To extend by stretching.

Examples

7 sentences

  1. Ziri froze with an outstretched hand.

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  2. With hands outstretched, they sued for peace.

    ruС протянутыми руками они просили мира.

    deMit ausgestreckten Händen flehten sie um Frieden.

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  3. Never hesitate to accept the outstretched hand of another.

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  4. The tree's branches reached for the sky like outstretched arms.

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  5. Tom shook the outstretched hand.

    ruТом пожал протянутую руку.

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Origin

From Middle English outstrecchen, equivalent to out- + stretch. Cognate with West Frisian

From Middle English outstrecchen, equivalent to out- + stretch. Cognate with West Frisian útstreekje (“to outstretch”), Dutch uitstrekken (“to outstretch”), German Low German utstrecken (“to outstretch”), German ausstrecken (“to outstretch”), Danish udstrække (“to outstretch”), Swedish utsträcka (“to outstretch”).

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Forms

outstretches, outstretching, outstretched, outstretched
Base formoutstretch · to outstretch
3rd person singularoutstretches
Present participleoutstretching
Past simpleoutstretched
Past participleoutstretched

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoutstretch
he, she, itoutstretches

Past simpleLesson

all personsoutstretched

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave outstretched
he, she, ithas outstretched

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill outstretch

Word family

1 related words
Derivedoutstretcher

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
outsourcingoutspokenoutstandingB1outstandinglyoutstripouttaoutwardB1
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