伸ばす — meaning in English

English meaning

• reach verb To stretch out an arm or hand toward something in order to touch or grasp it.
• spread verb To open something out so it covers a wider area.
• stretch verb To pull or extend something so it becomes longer or tighter.

Senses

伸ばす is used for these senses in English:

• rax (UK, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland, intransitive) To stretch after sleep.
• reach (transitive) To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another person; to hand over.
• reach (transitive, by extension) To extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.
• reach (transitive) To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent.
• spread (transitive) To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. [from 13th c.]
• stretch (transitive) To lengthen by pulling.

reach — full definition

1. verb To stretch out an arm or hand toward something in order to touch or grasp it.
2. verb To arrive at a place, level, or point after travelling or making an effort.
3. verb To make contact with someone, especially to communicate with them.
4. noun The distance or extent that something, or someone's arm, can extend.

spread — full definition

1. verb To open something out so it covers a wider area.
2. verb To become more widely known, present, or transmitted.
3. verb To coat something with a thin layer of a substance.
4. noun A soft food meant to be smeared on bread, such as jam or butter.
5. noun A large, generously laid-out meal.

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