stretches

Synonyms

times reaching radius stretching reach out stretch out outstretch overextend

Examples

Night, sable goddess from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world. Edward Young

He loves to sit and hear me sing, Then, laughing, sports and plays with me Then stretches out my golden wing, And mocks my loss of liberty. William Blake

The circle of knowledge commences close round a man and thence stretches out concentrically. Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

Every one stretches his legs according to the length of his coverlet. Portuguese Proverb

Every one stretches his legs according to the length of his coverlet. Spanish Proverb

He who will be a man can be seen from how he stretches is little manhood. African Proverb