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.

[Middle English splayen, short for displayen; see display.]

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splay

(spleɪ)

adj

1. spread out; broad and flat

2. turned outwards in an awkward manner

3. to spread out; turn out or expand

4. (Veterinary Science) (tr) vet science to dislocate (a joint)

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.

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]

splay

Past participle: splayed
Gerund: splaying

Imperative
splay
splay

Present
I splay
you splay
he/she/it splays
we splay
you splay
they splay

Preterite
I splayed
you splayed
he/she/it splayed
we splayed
you splayed
they splayed

Present Continuous
I am splaying
you are splaying
he/she/it is splaying
we are splaying
you are splaying
they are splaying

Present Perfect
I have splayed
you have splayed
he/she/it has splayed
we have splayed
you have splayed
they have splayed

Past Continuous
I was splaying
you were splaying
he/she/it was splaying
we were splaying
you were splaying
they were splaying

Past Perfect
I had splayed
you had splayed
he/she/it had splayed
we had splayed
you had splayed
they had splayed

Future
I will splay
you will splay
he/she/it will splay
we will splay
you will splay
they will splay

Future Perfect
I will have splayed
you will have splayed
he/she/it will have splayed
we will have splayed
you will have splayed
they will have splayed

Future Continuous
I will be splaying
you will be splaying
he/she/it will be splaying
we will be splaying
you will be splaying
they will be splaying

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been splaying
you have been splaying
he/she/it has been splaying
we have been splaying
you have been splaying
they have been splaying

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been splaying
you will have been splaying
he/she/it will have been splaying
we will have been splaying
you will have been splaying
they will have been splaying

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been splaying
you had been splaying
he/she/it had been splaying
we had been splaying
you had been splaying
they had been splaying

Conditional
I would splay
you would splay
he/she/it would splay
we would splay
you would splay
they would splay

Past Conditional
I would have splayed
you would have splayed
he/she/it would have splayed
we would have splayed
you would have splayed
they would have splayed

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	splay - an outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger bevel, chamfer, cant - two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
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" rotate, spread out, turn out 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" dislocate, luxate, slip move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
Adj.	1.	splay - turned outward in an ungainly manner; "splay knees" splayfoot, splayfooted - having feet that turn outward

Translations

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splay

(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

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