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Adjective splay has 1 sense
- splay - turned outward in an ungainly manner; "splay knees"
Antonym: pigeon-toed (indirect, via splayfooted)
Noun splay has 1 sense
- splay - an outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger
--1 is a kind of bevel, cant, chamfer
Verb splay has 3 senses
- splay - spread open or apart; "He splayed his huge hands over the table"
--1 is one way to unfold, spread, spread out, open
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- turn out, splay, spread out, rotate - turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"
--2 is one way to turn
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- dislocate, luxate, splay, slip - move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"
--3 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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