outstretch

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of OUTSTRETCH

to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area <the dog had outstretched his legs and was lying across the width of the doorway>

Synonyms expand, extend, fan (out), flare (out), outspread, outstretch, spread (out), stretch (out), unfold, unfurl

Related Words overspread

Near Antonyms compact, compress, condense, reduce

Antonyms close, contract, fold

to make longer <having outstretched our lunch break beyond all reason, we reluctantly headed back to work>

Synonyms drag (out), draw out, elongate, lengthen, outstretch, prolong, protract, stretch

Related Words amplify, enlarge, expand, increase; attenuate, thin

Near Antonyms decrease, diminish, lessen, reduce; thicken

Antonyms abbreviate, abridge, curtail, cut, cut back, shorten

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