spread-eagle - definition, thesaurus and related words from WordNet-Online

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Adjective spread-eagle has 1 sense

spread-eagle - with arms and legs stretched out and apart; "lay spread-eagle on the floor"
Antonym: unextended (indirect, via extended)

Noun spread-eagle has 2 senses

spread eagle - an emblem (an eagle with wings and legs spread) on the obverse of the Great Seal of the United States
--₁ is a kind of emblem, allegory
spread eagle - a skating figure executed with the skates heel to heel in a straight line
--₂ is a kind of figure

Verb spread-eagle has 5 senses

spread-eagle - stretch out completely; "They spread-eagled him across the floor"
--₁ is one way to stretch, extend
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
spread-eagle - stretch over; "His residences spread-eagle the entire county"
--₂ is one way to range, straddle
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
spread-eagle - execute a spread eagleon skates, with arms and legs stretched out
--₃ is one way to figure skate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
spread-eagle - stand with arms and legs spread out
--₄ is one way to sprawl
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
spread-eagle, spreadeagle, rout - defeat disastrously
--₅ is one way to beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
Sample sentence:
The fighter managed to spread-eagle his opponent