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outspread vb [ˌaʊtˈsprɛd] -spreads, -spreading, -spread to spread out or cause to spread out adj [ˈaʊtˈsprɛd] 1. spread or stretched out 2. scattered or diffused widely n [ˈaʊtˌsprɛd]
a spreading out ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms Translations outspread [ˈaʊtˈspred] ADJ [wings] → extendido, desplegado; [legs, feet] → extendido with outspread arms → con los brazos abiertos outspread [ˈaʊtˌsprɛd] adj (gen) → aperto/a; (wings) → spiegato/a outspread [ˈaʊtˌsprɛd] adj (gen) → aperto/a; (wings) → spiegato/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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. 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. |
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