Definition of "outspread" []

• To stretch or extend or to be stretched or extended. (verb-transitive)
• The act of spreading out. (noun)
• Something spread out; an expanse. (noun)
• Spread out; extended. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Virgil too calls the outspread, even plain, “justissima tellus.”"
• "A peregrine falcon was idling on the breeze, wings outspread – unusual behaviour, he said."
• "The best artists were imported for its decoration, which included carvings of warring archers, wild animal hunts, and eagles with outspread wings."