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Meaning of splay

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

splay

Pronunciation:/spleɪ/

noun

Definitions

  1. A slope or bevel, especially of the sides of a door or window, by which the 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.

verb

Definitions

  1. To spread; spread out.

    Synonyms:broadendisplayspreadspread outwiden
  2. To dislocate, as a shoulder bone.

    Synonyms:dislocate
  3. To turn on one side; to render oblique; to slope or slant, as the side of a door, window etc.

    Synonyms:slantslope
  4. To rearrange (a splay tree) so that a desired element is placed at the root.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Spread out; turned outward.

    Example: to sit splay-legged

  2. Flat and ungainly.

    Example: splay shoulders