verb
thrust or extend out (Freq. 2)
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He held out his hand
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point a finger
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extend a hand
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the bee exserted its sting
• Syn: ↑exsert, ↑stretch out, ↑put out, ↑extend, ↑hold out
• Derivationally related forms: ↑extensible (for: ↑extend), ↑extendible (for: ↑extend), ↑extensor (for: ↑extend)
• Hypernyms: ↑gesticulate, ↑gesture, ↑motion
• Hyponyms: ↑hyperextend
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
Useful english dictionary. 2012.