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splay
(splā)v. splayed, splay·ing, splays
v.tr.
1. To spread (the limbs, for example) out or apart: The dog rolled on its back and splayed its legs.
2. To make slanting or sloping; bevel: splayed the edge of the tabletop.
3. To dislocate (a bone). Used of an animal.
v.intr.
1. To be spread out or apart: After work, he splayed out on the couch.
2. To slant or slope.
adj.
1. Spread or turned out.
2. Clumsy or clumsily formed; awkward.
n. Architecture
An oblique angle or bevel given to the sides of an opening in a wall so that the opening is wider on one side of the wall than on the other.
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splay
(spleɪ)adj
1. spread out; broad and flat
2. turned outwards in an awkward manner
vb
3. to spread out; turn out or expand
4. (Veterinary Science) (tr) vet science to dislocate (a joint)
n
5. (Architecture) a surface of a wall that forms an oblique angle to the main flat surfaces, esp at a doorway or window opening
6. enlargement
[C14: short for display]
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splay
(spleɪ)v.t.
1. to spread out, expand, or extend.
2. to form with an oblique angle; make slanting; bevel.
3. to disjoin; dislocate.
v.i. 4. to have an oblique or slanting direction.
5. to spread or flare.
n. 6. a surface that makes an oblique angle with another, as where the opening through a wall for a window or door widens from one side to the other.
adj. 7. spread out; wide and flat; turned outward.
8. oblique or awry.
[1300–50; Middle English; aph. form of display]
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splay
Past participle: splayed
Gerund: splaying
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| Noun | 1. | splay - an outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger |
| Verb | 1. | splay - spread open or apart; "He splayed his huge hands over the table" spread, unfold, open, spread out - spread out or open from a closed or folded state; "open the map"; "spread your arms" |
| 2. |  splay - turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"turn - change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs" | |
| 3. | splay - move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically" | |
| Adj. | 1. | splay - turned outward in an ungainly manner; "splay knees" splayfoot, splayfooted - having feet that turn outward |
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splay
vt
(= spread out) legs, fingers, toes → spreizen; feet → nach außen stellen; the wheels are splayed → die Räder stehen nach außen, die Räder haben negativen Sturz
(Tech) pipe → weiten; window frame → ausschrägen
vi → nach außen gehen; (pillars also) → sich nach außen biegen; (window frame) → ausgeschrägt sein; he was splayed out on the ground → er lag auf der Erde und hatte alle viere von sich gestreckt
n (Archit) → Ausschrägung f
splay
:splayfoot
n → nach außen gestellter Fuß
splayfooted
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