outstretched
Fully spread wide
Outstretched describes something extended or spread out to full length, typically arms or hands reaching toward something: She ran into his outstretched arms.
The word almost always modifies body parts—outstretched fingers, outstretched wings—suggesting openness, welcome, or straining to reach.
Lengthened in time or space
- elongatedStretched beyond usual dimensions
- spreadTo distribute widely
- unfurledOpened and displayed
- splayedSpread awkwardly apart
reaching · grasping · lengthened · expanded · protruding · spanning · sprawled · flung
Friendly toward guests
- invitingAttractively appealing
- warmModerately heated, or friendly
- embraceHold closely in arms
- receptiveOpen to input
open · greeting · beckoning · hug · accepting · inclusive · friendly · cordial
Visible features of terrain
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
- expanseUnbroken area of space
- vistaPleasing distant scene
- panoramaUnobstructed wide-angle view
wings · wingspan · limbs · branches · canopy · plain · prairie · field
Grasping body part
- palmHand's flat interior
- helpAssistance given
- aidSupport given freely
- assistanceSupport or aid given
giving · charitable · begging · pleading · supplicating · alms · beseeching · imploring
Out in open
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
- openNot closed
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
unshielded · accessible · uncovered · unguarded · bare · revealed · helpless
extended
Lengthened in time or space
splayed · reaching · grasping · lengthened · expanded · protruding · spanning · sprawled · flung · thrust
hospitable
Friendly toward guests
receptive · open · greeting · beckoning · hug · accepting · inclusive · friendly · cordial · gracious
landscape
Visible features of terrain
panorama · wings · wingspan · limbs · branches · canopy · plain · prairie · field · breadth
hand
Grasping body part
assistance · giving · charitable · begging · pleading · supplicating · alms · beseeching · imploring · requesting
exposed
Out in open
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
- openNot closed
susceptible · unshielded · accessible · uncovered · unguarded · bare · revealed · helpless
- body positionslying down, flat, upright, standing, sitting
- outstretched armsLimbs reaching fully forward
- arms outstretchedLimbs reaching horizontally outward
- hands outstretched