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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
outspread
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ In the front seat sat a mystery man whose features were covered with an outspread newspaper.
▪ Miranda felt that the aircraft was an extension of her arms and her fingertips, outspread in flight.
▪ Osvaldo had lost both arms to the elbows and the stumps of his arms lay outspread.
▪ Their wings were outspread above her like a canopy, and at the side they made a white-feathered screen for her.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Outspread

Outspread \Out*spread"\, v. t. To spread out; to expand; -- usually as a past part. or adj.

Wiktionary
outspread

  1. extended outward, as one's arms v

  2. (context ambitransitive English) To spread out; expand; extend.

WordNet
outspread

adj. fully extended in width; "outspread wings"; "with arms spread wide" [syn: spread]

Usage examples of "outspread".

Then first the bounds of neighborhood outspread Beyond all confines of old ethnic dread.

Argo was borne over the sea swiftly, even as a hawk soaring high through the air commits to the breeze its outspread wings and is borne on swiftly, nor swerves in its flight, poising in the clear sky with quiet pinions.

And gladly they left behind there the son of Lyeus and with canvas outspread sailed over the sea, with their eyes on the Paphlagonian mountains.

But at dawn with sails outspread they sped on before the breath of the west wind, keeping the desert land on their right.

She poised herself with arms outspread, with a butterfly grace as airy as her visions.

But still he lay with his arms outspread and his head bowed between them, a silent image of despair.

She could not help noticing the detailed map of Mirom that lay outspread on the table.

Paersson, the master jeweler, worked late into the night with his craftsmen to complete the setting for the Orlov ruby: a golden sea eagle, wings outspread, claws open to clutch the stone to its breast.

Xhia went to stand under the outspread branch, jumped, caught a hold and drew himself up until he stood upright, balancing on the narrow branch.

They reined in at the edge of the paddock, just below the homestead, and walked the horses into the deeper darkness below the outspread branches of the trees.

A long silence followed his ringing speech, and Kadem stood with arms outspread like the Prophet himself.

He stood firmly planted on the lowest steps of his palace, arms outspread, grinning a great snaggle-toothed grin that conveyed complete and absolute delight at the idea that the Coronal of Majipoor was to be his guest at dinner tonight.

Unsure of how to proceed, the counselor looked to the table at his side and at the red-scriven scroll outspread there.

Beyond the half-open curtain, murder glared up at him luridly: on the floor sprawled Favian, shirtless, his kilted, cavalry-booted legs tangled in a silken bedcover, his face and bared chest kissing the crimson pool outspread from his slashed throat.

Martha slowly waved a palm-leaf fan, supporting her weary weight on outspread fingers laid against the head of the bed.