outstretched arms
Embrace-ready limbs extended
Arms extended fully away from the body, typically forward or to the sides.
The gesture suggests welcome, embrace, or reaching: She ran toward him with outstretched arms.
It can also indicate openness or vulnerability: He stood with outstretched arms, waiting for an answer.
The phrase appears in religious and artistic contexts depicting blessing or supplication.
- embraceHold closely in arms
- reachingExtending toward something
- reaching outInitiating communication
- hugTight, affectionate clasp
- bear hugTight, enveloping embrace
warm welcome · welcome · come here · open · open wide · gesture · wide · longing · yearning · greeting · surrender · wingspan · palms · fingers · extended · beckoning · invitation · crucifix
- Jiangshireanimated corpse, talismans, rigor mortis, green skin, sticky rice
- ritual gesturesgenuflect, genuflection, prostration, bowing, kneeling
outstretched armsfolded arms
crossed arms · arms akimbo · arms crossed · clenched fists · hands clasped
outstretched armsturned back
Went in reverse direction
cold shoulder · pushing away · defensive stance · fetal position · hunched shoulders
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