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splay

[ UK /splˈe‍ɪ/ ]
VERB
  1. spread open or apart
    He splayed his huge hands over the table
  2. move out of position
    the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically
    dislocate joints
  3. turn outward
    These birds can splay out their toes
    ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees
ADJECTIVE
  1. turned outward in an ungainly manner
    splay knees
NOUN
  1. 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.
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