outstretchn.

Brit.

/ˈaʊtstrɛtʃ/, U.S.

/ˈaʊtˌstrɛtʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, stretch n.

Etymology: < out- prefix + stretch n., after outstretch v. or to stretch out (see stretch v.). Compare earlier outstretching n.

1. The action or an act of stretching or reaching out; the limit or extent of stretching.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > [noun] > extension or stretching

streekinga1340

stretchingc1375

outstretchinga1387

stretching out1530

splaying1531

extending?1541

outreaching1587

extension1615

outstretchedness1674

protraction1681

exporrection1697

outstretch1828

1828 W. Sotheby Farewell to Italy in Italy & Other Poems 186 No sound e'er came Along the deep serene, Save when at times the outstretch of the oar,..Struck on the rocky shore.

1863 A. D. Whitney Faith Gartney (ed. 18) xi. 94 Brought her thoughts home again from their far outstretch.

1871 R. Browning Balaustion 156 Its outstretch of beneficence, Shall have a speedy ending on the earth.

1916 W. J. Locke Wonderful Year ii. 33 ‘Fortinbras,’ said Corinna, with a quick outstretch of her arm.

1996 Earth Matters Summer 20/2 They would have been at the full outstretch of their cash flow when the copper market crashed.

2. An extended tract of land, water, etc.; an expanse.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > tract > [noun]

placec1325

piecec1330

soil1430

groundc1436

territory?a1439

land1604

strain1614

track1686

reaching1727

terrain1766

land-score1828

outstretch1858

the world > space > extension in space > [noun] > spreading out > an expanse of something

spacea1382

widenessa1382

continuance1398

field1547

sheet1593

universe1598

main1609

reach1610

expansion1611

extent1627

champaign1656

fetch1662

mass1662

expanse1667

spread1712

run1719

width1733

acre1759

sweep1767

contiguity1785

extension1786

stretch1829

breadths1839

outspread1847

outstretch1858

1858 National Mag. Mar. 293/2 Anna proposed to sit here to rest, and enjoy the magnificant outstretch of scenery with the dim blue sea-line on the horizon.

1860 Second Rep. Geol. Reconnoissance Arkansas 161 Descending the eastern slope of the main ridge, the eye wanders over a vast outstretch of pine forest.

1864 Good Words 5 12/1 This south-western outstretch of England.

1918 A. Symons Cities & Sea-coasts iii. 312 Grass, or any soil, was but a rare interval between a broken and distracted outstretch of grey rock.

1999 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 12 July a6 Benches and a monument made out of a boulder will be erected at the other site in Whalesback, a rocky outstretch of land near Peggy's Cove.

3. The distance between the extremes of something stretched out, esp. the arms.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > [noun] > distance to which anything stretches out

outstretch1876

1876 G. Meredith Beauchamp's Career I. xi. 155 He and his uncle shook hands manfully, at the full outstretch of their arms.

1877 W. Matthews Ethnography & Philol. Hidatsa Indians 160/1 A span, the outstretch of the hand, the measure of a span.

1888 O. Crawfurd Sylvia Arden 308 A passage..little broader than the outstretch of my two arms.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

outstretchv.

Brit.

/ˌaʊtˈstrɛtʃ/, U.S.

/ˌaʊtˈstrɛtʃ/

Forms: see out- prefix and stretch v.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, stretch v.

Etymology: < out- prefix + stretch v. Compare to stretch out (see stretch v.) and earlier outstretching n.

1. transitive. To stretch or extend (something, esp. a hand or arm) outwards. Also occasionally intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > extend [verb (transitive)] > stretch out

stretchc900

astretchc1000

i-stretchec1000

thinc1000

to-tightc1200

reacha1300

spreada1382

extendc1386

to lay outa1400

streeka1400

outstretcha1425

rekea1425

stentc1430

outreach?1440

inch out1878

the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > stretch [verb (transitive)] > specific part of body

reacheOE

stretcha1000

to-spreada1000

warpa1225

spreada1275

putc1390

straightc1400

to lay forthc1420

outstretcha1425

tillc1540

extend1611

to rax out1622

to stick out1663

overreach1890

the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > stretch [verb (transitive)] > specific part of body > in some direction, purposefully

to put forthc1300

thrustc1374

to put outa1382

proferc1400

outstretcha1425

to hold out1535

outhold1550

push1581

intend1601

stick1607

protrude1638

poke1700

blurt1818

a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 1515 Doun on knees he gan to falle, And forth his heed and necke out-straughte To drynken of that welle a draugthe.

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 6 The fore part and the hinder part be eminent, or out stretchyng.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 14 Thee lyke cars also doe sting hym, For to se king Priamus, with his hands owtstreched, vnarmed.

1591 E. Spenser Muiopotmos in Complaints sig. T4 So did this flie outstretch his fearefull hornes.

1604 S. Grahame Passionate Sparke sig. B4 Thou Eagle thou looke not on base fowles winges, Out-stretch thy owne and flye this world about.

1638 R. Brathwait Psalmes of David v. 241 Up-lifted palmes will I out-stretch, thy Precepts to embrace.

1723 N. Amhurst Destruction Pharaoh in Poems Several Occasions (ed. 2) 10 Moses in vain out-stretch'd the sacred Rod, And Israel groan'd in Bondage to their God.

1786 H. Cowley Sc. Village 11 Here shall benevolence her charger hold, And pity, wide her fost'ring arms outstretch.

1877 R. Browning tr. Aeschylus Agamemnon 91 Hand after hand she outstretches.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xi. 221 The Japanese giant-crab..may cover eleven feet from tip to tip of the great claws or chelae when these are outstretched.

1950 Sport 22 Sept. 10/4 If, however, the defending player outstretches his arm in order to impede his opponent, the offence would then be ‘holding’.

2000 Leicester Mercury (Nexis) 28 Nov. 10 He slips out of his banker's grey jacket, outstretches his arms and lays his hands on his first willing volunteer.

a. transitive. To stretch (something) out over an area; to extend or expand (something). Frequently in passive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > extend [verb (transitive)]

distendc1400

outstretcha1567

extend1569

develop1779

the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (transitive)]

broada1250

room?1316

enlargec1380

largea1382

magnifya1382

alargec1384

spreada1387

amplify1432

brede1440

expanse1477

ampliatea1513

dilate1528

propagate1548

widen1566

explicate1578

expatiate1603

diduce1605

engross?1611

dilatate1613

biggen1643

promote1652

intend1658

expand1665

to run out1683

amplificate1731

broaden1744

outstretcha1758

largen1869

big1884

a1567 T. Becon Psalms CIII & CXII (1844) 222 His prince-like power is so outstretched, That it reigneth and ruleth over all.

a1599 E. Spenser Vision Worlds Vanitie in Wks. (1932–49) II. 175 Beside the fruitfull shore of muddie Nile, Vpon a sunnie banke outstretched lay In monstrous length, a mightie Crocodile.

1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. App. xlv Wherefore this wide and wast Vacuity, Which endlesse is outstretched thorough all.

1687 Sc. Metrical Psalms cxxxvi. 6 Who did outstretch This Earth so great and wide.

a1758 A. Ramsay Fox turned Preacher 48 [He] preach'd, And with loud cant his lungs out-stretch'd.

a1783 H. Brooke Female Seducers in Poet. Wks. (1792) 56 Out-stretch'd before her wide survey, The realms of sweet perdition lay.

1831 W. F. Hawley Unknown, or Lays of Forest 89 Cold and inanimate he lay—His stiff, and seeming lifeless form Out-stretch'd beneath the pelting storm.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge iii. 250 The great city, which lay outstretched before him.

1968 N. S. Momaday House made of Dawn 56 In the highest heat of the day, rattlesnakes lie outstretched upon the dunes.

1996 L. S. McNeece Art & Polit. Duras' India Cycle v. 143 A later sequence..is one in which the body of Anne-Marie Stretter lies outstretched on the floor surrounded by languorous suitors.

b. intransitive. To stretch out or extend over an area.

ΚΠ

a1762 Lady M. W. Montagu Educ. in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems (1763) I. 16 Beneath their eyes out-stretch'd a spacious plain, That fruitful shew'd, and apt for every grain.

1843 J. H. Ingraham Howard iv. 12 How difficult to conceive space out-stretching there before us that has no bound!

1858 F. W. Faber Foot of Cross ix. 491 The dimensions of that love do not reach to the dimensions of her Compassion, for there is another love yet, to which it marvellously outstretches.

1907 Daily Chron. 26 July 4/4 These meadows that outstretched as we glided northwards were once submerged in water.

1996 Plow Snowboarding Mag. Dec. 74/1 The most perfectly corniced ridge I'd ever seen outstretched before us for a half-mile.

†3. transitive. To stretch (something) to its limit; to strain. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [verb (transitive)] > lengthen > by drawing out > forcibly or tightly

stretcha1387

straina1400

ratcha1529

outstretch1588

outstrain1591

intend1658

1588 N. Yonge Musica Transalpina sig. A.iii O Griefe, if yet my griefe be not beleeued, crye with thy voyce out-stretched, that her dispightful hart & eares disdayning, may heare my iust complaining.

1598 J. Wilbye I allwaies Beg in First Set Eng. Madrigals 282 I cry aloud in vaine, my voice out stretched, And get but this, mine Ecco cals mee wretched.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) v. iv. 2 + 1 Tymon is dead, who hath out-stretcht his span.

1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 61 Outstretching the most rigorous nerves of law and rigor.

4. transitive. To stretch beyond or exceed (a limit, etc.); to overreach.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] > misapply > apply or use beyond its province

overstretcha1425

to put, set, stretch, etc. on (the) tenter(sa1533

stretch1553

to put, set, strain, stretch on the tenterhooks1583

outstretch1597

strain1597

tenter1611

overdraw1889

1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements ii. xix. 259 So farre did his impudencie outstretch the bond of reason.

1605 1st Pt. Jeronimo sig. B3 Boy feare not, Ile out stretch them al My minds a giant, though my bulke bee full.

1718 R. Blackmore Coll. Poems ii. 324 Compleatly filling every Place, And far outstretching all imaginary Space.

1730 G. Odingsells Bays's Opera i. i. 2 Ha, ha, ha!—Bays's Gallantry has outstrecht his Pocket—He has not Money to pay his Coach.

1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 7 My mercy doth outstretch the universe.

1884 Amer. Jrnl. Philos. 5 350 The teacher, how humble soever his vocation, must have a scientific possession that outstretches the immediate business of his calling.

1988 Toronto Star (Nexis) 5 Aug. f4 Their capabilities outstretch the imaginations of many people.

1998 Times (Nexis) 27 Nov. The school benefited from the two government handouts of £1,000 this year to spend on books, but pupil demand easily outstretches this.

5. transitive. To surpass in speed, length, etc.; to outstrip in a race.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (transitive)] > gain (ground) upon > catch up or overtake > outstrip

to leave behinda1393

overgoc1425

preventa1500

outgo1530

out-trot1555

outstrip1567

stripa1592

outpacea1596

out-swift1606

to have (also get) the speed ofa1616

outstretcha1642

to give (a person or thing) the go-by1642

to gain bounds of1653

outrace1657

outspeed1661

to cast behind1681

distance1691

belag1721

repass1728

outfoot1740

outdistance1789

fore-reach1803

to have the foot of1832

to run away1843

slip1856

short-head1863

tine1871

forespeed1872

outrate1873

a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) ii. 270/1 Grey~hounds strove to..outstretch one another in a Course.

1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 89 They..out-stretch the Speed of Gunpowder, and Distance Light and Lightning.

1983 Engin. News-Record (Nexis) 3 Feb. Seikan, the longest transportation tunnel in the world, outstretches the previous record holder, Japan's 11.6-mile undersea Shin Kanmon rail tunnel.

2001 Herald (Glasgow) (Electronic ed.) 13 July He has a width of experience and knowledge which far outstretches all of his opponents.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	outstretch
释义	outstretchn. Brit. /ˈaʊtstrɛtʃ/, U.S. /ˈaʊtˌstrɛtʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, stretch n. Etymology: < out- prefix + stretch n., after outstretch v. or to stretch out (see stretch v.). Compare earlier outstretching n. 1. The action or an act of stretching or reaching out; the limit or extent of stretching. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > [noun] > extension or stretching streekinga1340 stretchingc1375 outstretchinga1387 stretching out1530 splaying1531 extending?1541 outreaching1587 extension1615 outstretchedness1674 protraction1681 exporrection1697 outstretch1828 1828 W. Sotheby Farewell to Italy in Italy & Other Poems 186 No sound e'er came Along the deep serene, Save when at times the outstretch of the oar,..Struck on the rocky shore. 1863 A. D. Whitney Faith Gartney (ed. 18) xi. 94 Brought her thoughts home again from their far outstretch. 1871 R. Browning Balaustion 156 Its outstretch of beneficence, Shall have a speedy ending on the earth. 1916 W. J. Locke Wonderful Year ii. 33 ‘Fortinbras,’ said Corinna, with a quick outstretch of her arm. 1996 Earth Matters Summer 20/2 They would have been at the full outstretch of their cash flow when the copper market crashed. 2. An extended tract of land, water, etc.; an expanse. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > tract > [noun] placec1325 piecec1330 soil1430 groundc1436 territory?a1439 land1604 strain1614 track1686 reaching1727 terrain1766 land-score1828 outstretch1858 the world > space > extension in space > [noun] > spreading out > an expanse of something spacea1382 widenessa1382 continuance1398 field1547 sheet1593 universe1598 main1609 reach1610 expansion1611 extent1627 champaign1656 fetch1662 mass1662 expanse1667 spread1712 run1719 width1733 acre1759 sweep1767 contiguity1785 extension1786 stretch1829 breadths1839 outspread1847 outstretch1858 1858 National Mag. Mar. 293/2 Anna proposed to sit here to rest, and enjoy the magnificant outstretch of scenery with the dim blue sea-line on the horizon. 1860 Second Rep. Geol. Reconnoissance Arkansas 161 Descending the eastern slope of the main ridge, the eye wanders over a vast outstretch of pine forest. 1864 Good Words 5 12/1 This south-western outstretch of England. 1918 A. Symons Cities & Sea-coasts iii. 312 Grass, or any soil, was but a rare interval between a broken and distracted outstretch of grey rock. 1999 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 12 July a6 Benches and a monument made out of a boulder will be erected at the other site in Whalesback, a rocky outstretch of land near Peggy's Cove. 3. The distance between the extremes of something stretched out, esp. the arms. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [noun] > distance to which anything stretches out outstretch1876 1876 G. Meredith Beauchamp's Career I. xi. 155 He and his uncle shook hands manfully, at the full outstretch of their arms. 1877 W. Matthews Ethnography & Philol. Hidatsa Indians 160/1 A span, the outstretch of the hand, the measure of a span. 1888 O. Crawfurd Sylvia Arden 308 A passage..little broader than the outstretch of my two arms. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). outstretchv. Brit. /ˌaʊtˈstrɛtʃ/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈstrɛtʃ/ Forms: see out- prefix and stretch v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, stretch v. Etymology: < out- prefix + stretch v. Compare to stretch out (see stretch v.) and earlier outstretching n. 1. transitive. To stretch or extend (something, esp. a hand or arm) outwards. Also occasionally intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > extend [verb (transitive)] > stretch out stretchc900 astretchc1000 i-stretchec1000 thinc1000 to-tightc1200 reacha1300 spreada1382 extendc1386 to lay outa1400 streeka1400 outstretcha1425 rekea1425 stentc1430 outreach?1440 inch out1878 the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > stretch [verb (transitive)] > specific part of body reacheOE stretcha1000 to-spreada1000 warpa1225 spreada1275 putc1390 straightc1400 to lay forthc1420 outstretcha1425 tillc1540 extend1611 to rax out1622 to stick out1663 overreach1890 the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > stretch [verb (transitive)] > specific part of body > in some direction, purposefully to put forthc1300 thrustc1374 to put outa1382 proferc1400 outstretcha1425 to hold out1535 outhold1550 push1581 intend1601 stick1607 protrude1638 poke1700 blurt1818 a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 1515 Doun on knees he gan to falle, And forth his heed and necke out-straughte To drynken of that welle a draugthe. 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 6 The fore part and the hinder part be eminent, or out stretchyng. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 14 Thee lyke cars also doe sting hym, For to se king Priamus, with his hands owtstreched, vnarmed. 1591 E. Spenser Muiopotmos in Complaints sig. T4 So did this flie outstretch his fearefull hornes. 1604 S. Grahame Passionate Sparke sig. B4 Thou Eagle thou looke not on base fowles winges, Out-stretch thy owne and flye this world about. 1638 R. Brathwait Psalmes of David v. 241 Up-lifted palmes will I out-stretch, thy Precepts to embrace. 1723 N. Amhurst Destruction Pharaoh in Poems Several Occasions (ed. 2) 10 Moses in vain out-stretch'd the sacred Rod, And Israel groan'd in Bondage to their God. 1786 H. Cowley Sc. Village 11 Here shall benevolence her charger hold, And pity, wide her fost'ring arms outstretch. 1877 R. Browning tr. Aeschylus Agamemnon 91 Hand after hand she outstretches. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xi. 221 The Japanese giant-crab..may cover eleven feet from tip to tip of the great claws or chelae when these are outstretched. 1950 Sport 22 Sept. 10/4 If, however, the defending player outstretches his arm in order to impede his opponent, the offence would then be ‘holding’. 2000 Leicester Mercury (Nexis) 28 Nov. 10 He slips out of his banker's grey jacket, outstretches his arms and lays his hands on his first willing volunteer. 2. a. transitive. To stretch (something) out over an area; to extend or expand (something). Frequently in passive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > extend [verb (transitive)] distendc1400 outstretcha1567 extend1569 develop1779 the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (transitive)] broada1250 room?1316 enlargec1380 largea1382 magnifya1382 alargec1384 spreada1387 amplify1432 brede1440 expanse1477 ampliatea1513 dilate1528 propagate1548 widen1566 explicate1578 expatiate1603 diduce1605 engross?1611 dilatate1613 biggen1643 promote1652 intend1658 expand1665 to run out1683 amplificate1731 broaden1744 outstretcha1758 largen1869 big1884 a1567 T. Becon Psalms CIII & CXII (1844) 222 His prince-like power is so outstretched, That it reigneth and ruleth over all. a1599 E. Spenser Vision Worlds Vanitie in Wks. (1932–49) II. 175 Beside the fruitfull shore of muddie Nile, Vpon a sunnie banke outstretched lay In monstrous length, a mightie Crocodile. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. App. xlv Wherefore this wide and wast Vacuity, Which endlesse is outstretched thorough all. 1687 Sc. Metrical Psalms cxxxvi. 6 Who did outstretch This Earth so great and wide. a1758 A. Ramsay Fox turned Preacher 48 [He] preach'd, And with loud cant his lungs out-stretch'd. a1783 H. Brooke Female Seducers in Poet. Wks. (1792) 56 Out-stretch'd before her wide survey, The realms of sweet perdition lay. 1831 W. F. Hawley Unknown, or Lays of Forest 89 Cold and inanimate he lay—His stiff, and seeming lifeless form Out-stretch'd beneath the pelting storm. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge iii. 250 The great city, which lay outstretched before him. 1968 N. S. Momaday House made of Dawn 56 In the highest heat of the day, rattlesnakes lie outstretched upon the dunes. 1996 L. S. McNeece Art & Polit. Duras' India Cycle v. 143 A later sequence..is one in which the body of Anne-Marie Stretter lies outstretched on the floor surrounded by languorous suitors. b. intransitive. To stretch out or extend over an area. ΚΠ a1762 Lady M. W. Montagu Educ. in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems (1763) I. 16 Beneath their eyes out-stretch'd a spacious plain, That fruitful shew'd, and apt for every grain. 1843 J. H. Ingraham Howard iv. 12 How difficult to conceive space out-stretching there before us that has no bound! 1858 F. W. Faber Foot of Cross ix. 491 The dimensions of that love do not reach to the dimensions of her Compassion, for there is another love yet, to which it marvellously outstretches. 1907 Daily Chron. 26 July 4/4 These meadows that outstretched as we glided northwards were once submerged in water. 1996 Plow Snowboarding Mag. Dec. 74/1 The most perfectly corniced ridge I'd ever seen outstretched before us for a half-mile. †3. transitive. To stretch (something) to its limit; to strain. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [verb (transitive)] > lengthen > by drawing out > forcibly or tightly stretcha1387 straina1400 ratcha1529 outstretch1588 outstrain1591 intend1658 1588 N. Yonge Musica Transalpina sig. A.iii O Griefe, if yet my griefe be not beleeued, crye with thy voyce out-stretched, that her dispightful hart & eares disdayning, may heare my iust complaining. 1598 J. Wilbye I allwaies Beg in First Set Eng. Madrigals 282 I cry aloud in vaine, my voice out stretched, And get but this, mine Ecco cals mee wretched. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) v. iv. 2 + 1 Tymon is dead, who hath out-stretcht his span. 1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 61 Outstretching the most rigorous nerves of law and rigor. 4. transitive. To stretch beyond or exceed (a limit, etc.); to overreach. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] > misapply > apply or use beyond its province overstretcha1425 to put, set, stretch, etc. on (the) tenter(sa1533 stretch1553 to put, set, strain, stretch on the tenterhooks1583 outstretch1597 strain1597 tenter1611 overdraw1889 1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements ii. xix. 259 So farre did his impudencie outstretch the bond of reason. 1605 1st Pt. Jeronimo sig. B3 Boy feare not, Ile out stretch them al My minds a giant, though my bulke bee full. 1718 R. Blackmore Coll. Poems ii. 324 Compleatly filling every Place, And far outstretching all imaginary Space. 1730 G. Odingsells Bays's Opera i. i. 2 Ha, ha, ha!—Bays's Gallantry has outstrecht his Pocket—He has not Money to pay his Coach. 1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 7 My mercy doth outstretch the universe. 1884 Amer. Jrnl. Philos. 5 350 The teacher, how humble soever his vocation, must have a scientific possession that outstretches the immediate business of his calling. 1988 Toronto Star (Nexis) 5 Aug. f4 Their capabilities outstretch the imaginations of many people. 1998 Times (Nexis) 27 Nov. The school benefited from the two government handouts of £1,000 this year to spend on books, but pupil demand easily outstretches this. 5. transitive. To surpass in speed, length, etc.; to outstrip in a race. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (transitive)] > gain (ground) upon > catch up or overtake > outstrip to leave behinda1393 overgoc1425 preventa1500 outgo1530 out-trot1555 outstrip1567 stripa1592 outpacea1596 out-swift1606 to have (also get) the speed ofa1616 outstretcha1642 to give (a person or thing) the go-by1642 to gain bounds of1653 outrace1657 outspeed1661 to cast behind1681 distance1691 belag1721 repass1728 outfoot1740 outdistance1789 fore-reach1803 to have the foot of1832 to run away1843 slip1856 short-head1863 tine1871 forespeed1872 outrate1873 a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) ii. 270/1 Grey~hounds strove to..outstretch one another in a Course. 1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 89 They..out-stretch the Speed of Gunpowder, and Distance Light and Lightning. 1983 Engin. News-Record (Nexis) 3 Feb. Seikan, the longest transportation tunnel in the world, outstretches the previous record holder, Japan's 11.6-mile undersea Shin Kanmon rail tunnel. 2001 Herald (Glasgow) (Electronic ed.) 13 July He has a width of experience and knowledge which far outstretches all of his opponents. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1828v.a1425
随便看	to live within oneself to liven up to livery to load a ship in bulk to load in bulk to load the bases to load up with to load with earth to loan to lob to lob in to lock a person up and throw away the key to lock a thing up and throw away the key to lock and load to lock antlers to lock away to lock down to lock forth to lock horns to lock in to lock on to to lock out to lock out of to lock the stable door to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted