1. extending or stretching out, especially one’s arms or hands
Usage: present participle of outstretch

1. the action of extending or stretching something outward
Usage: gerund form

Examples

• She was outstretching her arms to embrace her daughter.
• The dancer performed with graceful outstretching of her limbs.
• He stood outstretching his hand toward the falling snow.
• The tree’s branches were outstretching toward the sunlight.
• The outstretching of his arms showed his welcoming gesture.
• Birds were outstretching their wings before taking flight.