outstretches
Spreads limbs wide
Outstretches is the third-person singular form of outstretch, meaning to extend or spread outward to full length.
Arms, hands, and wings are what typically get outstretched: She outstretches her arms to embrace him.
The word suggests reaching toward something or someone, often in welcome or supplication.
Increases in scope
- reachesExtends to touch
- elongatesExtends in dimension
- spreadsDistributes over area
- lengthensIncreases in extent
protracts · unfurls · uncoils · expands · straightens · projects · thrusts · pushes
Hospitable greeting offered
- embraceHold closely in arms
- invitationRequest to attend
- greetingExpression of welcome
- beckonSignal to approach
signal · supplication · pleading · appeal · entreaty · surrender · acceptance · acknowledgment
Applied energy toward goals
- exertionVigorous physical effort
- tensionStretched or strained state
- pullingForce toward oneself
- reachingExtending toward something
strain · fatigue · extension · overextension · muscle · taut · tense · flexing
Transferring to another
- generosityReadiness to give freely
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- almsGifts to the destitute
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
donation · gift · sharing · provision · bestowal · contribution · handout · assistance
extends
Increases in scope
lengthens · protracts · unfurls · uncoils · expands · straightens · projects · thrusts · pushes · arms
welcome
Hospitable greeting offered
- embraceHold closely in arms
- invitationRequest to attend
- greetingExpression of welcome
beckon · signal · supplication · pleading · appeal · entreaty · surrender · acceptance · acknowledgment · salute
effort
Applied energy toward goals
reaching · strain · fatigue · extension · overextension · muscle · taut · tense · flexing · grasping
giving
Transferring to another
- generosityReadiness to give freely
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- almsGifts to the destitute
benevolence · donation · gift · sharing · provision · bestowal · contribution · handout · assistance · aid
outstretchesretracts
Withdraws a statement
withdraws · contracts · pulls back · draws back · pulls in
outstretchescontracts
Enforceable written agreements
compresses · shrinks · constricts · condenses · crumples
outstretchesrecoils
Draws back suddenly
pulls back · draws back · retreats · withholds · shies away
- outstretched armsLimbs reaching fully forward
- arms outstretchedLimbs reaching horizontally outward
- hands outstretched