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splay

/spl/eI/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Displayed; spread out; turned outward; hence, flat; ungainly; as, <i>splay</i> shoulders.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

  2. A slope or bevel, especially of the sides of a door or window, by which the opening is made larged at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. an outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger

    noun.artifact

    Source: WordNet 3.0

adjective satellite

  1. turned outward in an ungainly manner

    adj.all

    Examples
    Splay knees.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

verb

  1. spread open or apart

    verb.motion

    Examples
    He splayed his huge hands over the table.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. turn outward

    verb.motion

    Examples
    These birds can splay out their toes.
    Synonyms rotate spread out turn out

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. move out of position

    verb.change

    Synonyms dislocate luxate slip

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. To display; to spread.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

Nearby words

splashysplatsplattersplatterdashsplatteredsplatteringsplayfootsplayfootedsplaymouthsplaymouthedspleenspleened

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