stretch forth

1. 1.

   thrust or extend out

   “He held out his hand”

   “point a finger”

   “extend a hand”

   “the bee exserted its sting”

   Synonymsexsertstretch output outextendhold out

   Broadergesticulate

   Narrowerhyperextend

Questions about stretch forth

What does stretch forth mean?

stretch forth means "thrust or extend out".

What is another word for stretch forth?

Close synonyms include exsert, stretch out, put out, extend, hold out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stretch forth a common word?

stretch forth is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.