Meaning

2 senses
  1. (intransitive)To extend/expand outward/forward.

    thrust or extend out

  2. (transitive)To extend something outward/forward.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. And Aaron stretched forth his hand upon the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.

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  2. And Moses stretched forth his hand towards heaven: and there came horrible darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.

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Forms

stretches forth, stretching forth, stretched forth, stretched forth
Base formstretch forth · to stretch forth
3rd person singularstretches forth
Present participlestretching forth
Past simplestretched forth
Past participlestretched forth

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystretch forth
he, she, itstretches forth

Past simpleLesson

all personsstretched forth

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stretched forth
he, she, ithas stretched forth

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stretch forth

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
RelatedextendB1

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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