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out·spread

 (out-sprĕd′)
tr. & intr.v. out·spread, out·spread·ing, out·spreads
To stretch or extend or to be stretched or extended.
n. (out′sprĕd′)
1. The act of spreading out.
2. Something spread out; an expanse.
adj.
Spread out; extended.
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outspread

vb, -spreads, -spreading or -spread
to spread out or cause to spread out
adj
1. spread or stretched out
2. scattered or diffused widely
n
a spreading out
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out•spread

(v. ˌaʊtˈsprɛd; n. ˈaʊtˌsprɛd)

v. -spread, -spread•ing,
n. v.t., v.i.
1. to spread or stretch out; extend.
n.
2. the act of spreading out.
3. something that is spread out.
[1300–50]
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outspread


Past participle: outspread
Gerund: outspreading

Imperative
outspread
outspread
Present
I outspread
you outspread
he/she/it outspreads
we outspread
you outspread
they outspread
Preterite
I outspread
you outspread
he/she/it outspread
we outspread
you outspread
they outspread
Present Continuous
I am outspreading
you are outspreading
he/she/it is outspreading
we are outspreading
you are outspreading
they are outspreading
Present Perfect
I have outspread
you have outspread
he/she/it has outspread
we have outspread
you have outspread
they have outspread
Past Continuous
I was outspreading
you were outspreading
he/she/it was outspreading
we were outspreading
you were outspreading
they were outspreading
Past Perfect
I had outspread
you had outspread
he/she/it had outspread
we had outspread
you had outspread
they had outspread
Future
I will outspread
you will outspread
he/she/it will outspread
we will outspread
you will outspread
they will outspread
Future Perfect
I will have outspread
you will have outspread
he/she/it will have outspread
we will have outspread
you will have outspread
they will have outspread
Future Continuous
I will be outspreading
you will be outspreading
he/she/it will be outspreading
we will be outspreading
you will be outspreading
they will be outspreading
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been outspreading
you have been outspreading
he/she/it has been outspreading
we have been outspreading
you have been outspreading
they have been outspreading
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been outspreading
you will have been outspreading
he/she/it will have been outspreading
we will have been outspreading
you will have been outspreading
they will have been outspreading
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been outspreading
you had been outspreading
he/she/it had been outspreading
we had been outspreading
you had been outspreading
they had been outspreading
Conditional
I would outspread
you would outspread
he/she/it would outspread
we would outspread
you would outspread
they would outspread
Past Conditional
I would have outspread
you would have outspread
he/she/it would have outspread
we would have outspread
you would have outspread
they would have outspread
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.outspread - fully extended in width; "outspread wings"; "with arms spread wide"
extended - fully extended or stretched forth; "an extended telescope"; "his extended legs reached almost across the small room"; "refused to accept the extended hand"
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Translations

outspread

[ˈaʊtˈspred] ADJ [wings] → extendido, desplegado; [legs, feet] → extendido
with outspread armscon los brazos abiertos
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

outspread

[ˌaʊtˈsprɛd] adj [wings] → déployé(e); [arms] → tendu(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

outspread

vb: pret, ptp <outspread>
adjausgebreitet
vtausbreiten
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

outspread

[ˈaʊtˌsprɛd] adj (gen) → aperto/a; (wings) → spiegato/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
References in classic literature ?
Next morning the not-yet-subsided sea rolled in long slow billows of mighty bulk, and striving in the Pequod's gurgling track, pushed her on like giants' palms outspread. The strong, unstaggering breeze abounded so, that sky and air seemed vast outbellying sails; the whole world boomed before the wind.
From it there were outspread two pairs of wings- each wing nearly one hundred yards in length -- one pair being placed above the other, and all thickly covered with metal scales; each scale apparently some ten or twelve feet in diameter.
Tarzan, happily, was uninjured by the fall, alighting catlike upon all fours far outspread to take up the shock.
But there was weight in the cat's paw, and the claws of it were outspread like so many hooks.
The arch of it looked very high and the small snowy clouds seemed like white birds floating on outspread wings below its crystal blueness.
What a magnificent spectacle was then outspread beneath the gaze of the travellers!
Dohkturov, a little man, sat opposite Weyrother, with an assiduous and modest mien, and stooping over the outspread map conscientiously studied the dispositions and the unfamiliar locality.
In spite of eighty years, Norine's grandfather--le grand, as they say up there--had not lost a hair: beautiful white locks fell over his shoulders--crisp, thick, outspread. I thought of those fine wigs of tow or hemp with which the distaff of [126] our Prudence was always entangled.