outspread

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verb

To spread out; expand; extend.

“She longed to fall into his outspread arms once again.”

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spreadextended
OriginMiddle English outspreden →
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Meanings

verboutspread (third-person singular simple present outspreads, present participle outspreading, simple past and past participle outspread)

present singular third person outspreads · participle present outspreading

  1. ambitransitiveTo spread out; expand; extend.
adjectiveoutspread (comparative more outspread, superlative most outspread)

comparative more outspread · superlative most outspread

  1. Extended outward, as one's arms; stretched out.

    She longed to fall into his outspread arms once again.

    1 more example

    Brutes […] / Ruminate heedleſs of the ſcene outſpread / Beneath, beyond, and ſtretching far away / From inland regions to the diſtant main.

    1785, William Cowper, “Book V. The Winter Morning Walk.”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC, page 221

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivefully extended in width

Similar
spreadextended
Also see
extendedspread

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishoutspreden
  2. Englishoutspread

From Middle English outspreden, equivalent to out- + spread. Cognate with Dutch uitspreiden (“to outspread, stretch, unfold”), Danish udsprede (“to outspread”), Swedish utspridda (“to outspread”).

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APA

outspread. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outspread

MLA

“outspread.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outspread. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outspread,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outspread.

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