[
UK
/splˈeɪ/
]
VERB
-
spread open or apart
He splayed his huge hands over the table -
move out of position
the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically
dislocate joints -
turn outward
These birds can splay out their toes
ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees
ADJECTIVE
-
turned outward in an ungainly manner
splay knees
NOUN
- an outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger
How To Use splay In A Sentence
- A little pyrotechnics display tacked on just serves to emphasise its lack of cutting edge. Times, Sunday Times
- Documents with extra-wide margins are now displayed in a browser with a horizontal scroll bar.
- Every large town will have quite a few horologers and jewelers with a vast selection of fancy watches displayed their windows, with huge price tags to go with them.
- Again, one file change can put a little red nose next to all of your headers, turn the text red and even make them display in a silly typeface.
- The affair isn't the thing that makes me believe he needs to be removed from office – it's the monumental lack of judgment he displayed in abandoning his states and his duties as governor. Sanford should stay, two top South Carolina papers say
- A lot of hen breeders put chicks down if they have splayed legs, but she is way too cute for that. Times, Sunday Times
- Flakes with concavities exhibiting steep, unifacial retouch were used to whittle or plane wood, and flakes displaying spurs were used to incise bone or antler.
- The 27 models on display in Washington, supplemented by paintings, drawings, sculpture and medallions, show the products of a rising social structure and new technique.
- Some experienced foreign jumpers displayed hand-in-hand group jumping, wingsuit jumping and somersaults during free fall; all the risky stunts thrilled the audience.
- She had wiggled through a tot-sized aperture in the alcove, and toddled over to a display of butterfly nets four feet away.