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Added 9 October 2026

outspread

verb

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about outspread at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To spread out; expand; extend.

adjective

Extended outward, as one's arms; stretched out.
She longed to fall into his outspread arms once again.

Origin

From Middle English outspreden, equivalent to out- + spread. Cognate with Dutch uitspreiden (“to outspread, stretch, unfold”), Danish udsprede (“to outspread”), Swedish utspridda (“to outspread”).

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