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splay
[ spley ]
verb (used with object)
- to spread out, expand, or extend.
- to form with an oblique angle; make slanting; bevel.
- to make with a splay or splays.
- to disjoin; dislocate.
verb (used without object)
- to have an oblique or slanting direction.
- to spread or flare.
noun
- Architecture. a surface that makes an oblique angle with another, as where the opening through a wall for a window or door widens from the window or door proper toward the face of the wall.
adjective
- spread out; wide and flat; turned outward.
- clumsy or awkward.
- oblique or awry.
splay
/ ²õ±è±ô±ðɪ /
adjective
- spread out; broad and flat
- turned outwards in an awkward manner
verb
- to spread out; turn out or expand
- tr vet science to dislocate (a joint)
noun
- a surface of a wall that forms an oblique angle to the main flat surfaces, esp at a doorway or window opening
- enlargement
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of splay1
C14: short for display
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Directly across from Sunshine House, a young woman is found collapsed on the pavement, her body splayed across the concrete: she's unresponsive.
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On her knees, she bows, splaying her arm in praise.
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We talked for days, with Williams splayed across a Best Western office chair beside the queen bed.
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The vulnerability spread throughout “Babygirl†is evident from that very first scene when we watch Kidman splay herself on the floor.
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Her legs splay, tilt and leap readily into pratfall action.
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