Outspread
[aʊt'spred;'aʊtspred] or [,aʊt'sprɛd]
Definition
(adj.) fully extended in width; 'outspread wings'; 'with arms spread wide' .
Typed by Clint--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To spread out; to expand; -- usually as a past part. / adj.
Editor: Paula
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Expanded, unfolded, wrapped, patent, dispread, open, outstretched
ANT:Folded, contracted, closed, furled, collapsed
Checker: Witt
Definition
v.t. to spread out or over.—adj. Outspread′ing.
Checked by Edwin
Examples
- He waved his whip in the direction of the Bellomont acres, which lay outspread before them in opulent undulations. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The captain spread his hand open, the thumb up and fingers outspread as when you make shadow pictures. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- In a few minutes the train was running through the disgrace of outspread London. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Tarzan, happily, was uninjured by the fall, alighting catlike upon all fours far outspread to take up the shock. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Her hand travelled toward the outspread letters, and folding them slowly, she made as though to restore them to their wrapping. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
Editor: Orville