outstretch

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verb

Definition of OUTSTRETCH

1

to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area <the dog had outstretched his legs and was lying across the width of the doorway>

Synonyms expand, extend, fan (out), flare (out), outspread, outstretch, spread (out), stretch (out), unfold, unfurl

Related Words overspread

Near Antonyms compact, compress, condense, reduce

Antonyms close, contract, fold

2

to make longer <having outstretched our lunch break beyond all reason, we reluctantly headed back to work>

Synonyms drag (out), draw out, elongate, lengthen, outstretch, prolong, protract, stretch

Related Words amplify, enlarge, expand, increase; attenuate, thin

Near Antonyms decrease, diminish, lessen, reduce; thicken

Antonyms abbreviate, abridge, curtail, cut, cut back, shorten