splay

[US]/spleɪ/
[UK]/sple/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

v. spread out
Word Forms
Pluralsplays
Present Participlesplaying
Past Tensesplayed
Past Participlesplayed
Third Person Singularsplays

Phrases & Collocations

splayed out

Example Sentences

the girls were sitting splay-legged.

a splayed mortar fillet at the junction of the roof with the chimney stack.

his legs splayed out in front of him.

the river splayed out , deepening to become an estuary.

the walls are pierced by splayed window openings.

her hands were splayed across his broad shoulders.

he stood with his legs and arms splayed out .

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