octopus

/ˈɒktəpʊs/

verb

To put (or attempt to put) one's fingers, hands or arms in many things or places at roughly the same time. / To spread out in long arms or legs in many directions.

She tried to octopus her fingers into the small jar.

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意味（1）

He rises up on his wasted legs, the healer's hands octopussed on his head.

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To spread out in long arms or legs in many directions.

The bug-eyed press octopussed to their respective word processors.

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To plug a large number of devices into a single electric outlet.

If they're all for a single indoor tree, caution against "octopusing" of cords from other cords, and the use of a number of cords in a single receptacle.

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(by extension) To grow in use vastly beyond what was originally intended.

The interlocking business organizations have octopussed beyond all imagining in recent years; they are intermingled with citizens' union-smashing committees and women's strikebreaking “patriotic” groups, such as Neutral Thousands and Women of the Pacific.

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