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Splay

Verb

Definitions

1.VerbTo spread, spread apart, or spread out (something); to expand.
2.VerbTo spread, spread apart, or spread out (something); to expand.
3.VerbTo construct a bevel or slope on (something, such as the frame or jamb of a door or window); to bevel, to slant, to slope.
4.VerbTo rearrange (a splay tree) so that a desired element is placed at the root.
5.VerbTo dislocate (a body part such as a shoulder bone).
6.VerbTo unfurl or unroll (a banner or flag).
7.VerbTo have, or lie in, an oblique or slanted position. To spread out awkwardly; to sprawl.
8.VerbTo have, or lie in, an oblique or slanted position.
9.VerbTo spread out awkwardly; to sprawl.
10.AdjectiveOblique, slanted.
11.AdjectiveTurned outward; spread out.
"to sit splay-legged"
12.AdjectiveCrooked, distorted, out of place.
"splay shoulders"
13.AdverbIn an oblique or slanted manner; obliquely, slantedly.
14.AdverbOf walking, etc.: with the feet turned outwards; in a splayfooted manner.
15.NounAn outward spread of an object such as a bowl or cup.
16.NounA bevel, slant, or slope, especially of the frame or jamb of a door or window, by which an opening is made larger at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them. The amount of such a bevel, slant, or slope.
17.NounA bevel, slant, or slope, especially of the frame or jamb of a door or window, by which an opening is made larger at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them.
18.NounThe amount of such a bevel, slant, or slope.
19.NounA widening of a minor road where it forms a junction with a major road to ensure that the view of traffic on the major road by drivers on the minor road is not obstructed.
"visibility splay"
20.NounA widening of a minor road where it forms a junction with a major road to ensure that the view of traffic on the major road by drivers on the minor road is not obstructed.
"visibility splay"
21.NounThe view to the left or right which a driver on a minor road has of traffic on the major road; also, a plan showing this.
22.VerbSynonym of spay (“to destroy or remove the ovaries and/or uterus (of a female animal) to prevent pregnancy”).
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