A particular stretch, extent, or area of ground, surface, sky, etc.; an expanse. Also figurative. Cf. open space, n. Without complement.

concrete. A wide or open space or region; a vast expanse. Cf. width, n. 4. Now somewhat rare.

Continuity, connection (literal and figurative). Obsolete.

A large stretch; an expanse. Of sea, sky, stars, etc.

A broad expanse or stretch of something lying out flat, presenting a white or glistening surface, or… of water. (In quot. 1593 ? collective)

With of. The cosmos or whole of creation regarded as consisting of or imbued with a specified thing or things; a seemingly limitless or indefinite…

poetic. A broad expanse. Obsolete.

gen. A continuous stretch or extent of an object or space; esp. an expanse of land or sky. Also: (preceded by far, furthest, remote, etc.) a…

concrete. Anything that is spread out; an expanse; esp. the expanse of heaven, the firmament.

concrete. An extended space; the ‘length and breadth’.

transferred. Open or level expanse; cf. field, n.1 18.

The action of fetching, bringing from a distance, or reaching after (literal and figurative); a long stretch, a far-reaching effort. Also to take a…

An extensive unbroken expanse of colour, light, shadow, etc.; (Art) any of the several main portions which the eye distinguishes in a composition…

That which is expanded or spread out; a widely extended space or area; a wide extent of anything; ‘the length and breadth’.

An expanse or stretch of something.

gen. An extent in length; a continuous stretch of something.

An extent or area as measured from side to side, or having great spatial extent; a wide or open space or region; a vast expanse. Cf. wideness, n. 2b…

In extended use: a wide expanse; (in plural) large quantities.

Extent of ground, water, etc.; an extent, stretch, or expanse, such as can be taken in at one survey or is included in a wide-spreading curve.

quasi-concrete. A continuous mass, whereof all the parts are in uninterrupted contact.

The action or process of spreading out in area; the condition of being so spread out. †Also concrete. A ‘stretch’, expanse (of country).

Extent in time or space. An expanse of land or water (usually, of uniform character).

In plural and with of. A wide or open area, region, etc.; a vast expanse. Obsolete.

Something spread out or expanded; an expanse. Now rare.

An extended tract of land, water, etc.; an expanse.