What is "splay" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does splay mean in English? Meaning of splay definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "splay" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "splay": an outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger

Noun

  • Meaning: an outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger
  • Synonyms: splay
  • Hypernyms: bevel cant chamfer
  • Meaning of "splay": spread open or apart

    Verb

  • Meaning: spread open or apart
  • Example: He splayed his huge hands over the table
  • Synonyms: splay
  • Hypernyms: open spread spread out unfold
  • Meaning of "splay": turned outward in an ungainly manner

    Adjective

  • Meaning: turned outward in an ungainly manner
  • Example: splay knees
  • Synonyms: splay
  • Similar: splayfoot splayfooted
  • Meaning of "splay": turn outward

    Verb

  • Meaning: turn outward
  • Example: These birds can splay out their toes ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees
  • Synonyms: rotate splay spread out turn out
  • Hypernyms: turn
  • Meaning of "splay": move out of position

    Verb

  • Meaning: move out of position
  • Example: dislocate joints the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically
  • Synonyms: dislocate luxate slip splay
  • Hypernyms: displace move
  • Adjective: To display; to spread. Gascoigne our ensigns splayedGascoigne our ensigns splayedTo dislocate, as a shoulder bone.(obsolete, UK, dialect) To spay; to castrate.To turn on one side; to render oblique; to slope or slant, as the side of a door, window, etc. (Can we find and add a quotation of Oxf. Gloss to this entry?)(computing theory, transitive) To rearrange (a splay tree) so that a desired element is placed at the root.
  • Synonyms:

    expansive, full, generous, deep, large, immense, extensive, vast, thick, squat, roomy, ample, capacious, extended, spacious, voluminous, widespread, latitudinous, outspread, outstretched, bulky, ungainly, unwieldy, inept, ponderous, heavy-handed, bungling, crude, elephantine, gauche, gawky, graceless, heavy, helpless, hulking, incompetent, inelegant, inexperienced, inexpert, lumbering, lumpish, maladroit, oafish, unable, uncoordinated, uncouth, uneasy, unskillful, untoward, bumbling, untactful, weedy, all thumbs, blundering, blunderous, butterfingered, clownish, gawkish, ham-handed, ill-shaped, lubberly, stumbling, unadept, undexterous, unhandy, untalented, widen, broaden, grow, horizontal, unbroken, low, empty, even, reclining, plane, pancake, flush, deflated, depressed, extended, fallen, prone, prostrate, recumbent, supine, decumbent, planar, procumbent, oblate, collapsed, complanate, laid low, outstretched, planate, punctured, spread out, tabular, awkward, gauche, loutish, lumbering, lumpish, lumpy, maladroit, oafish, rude, rustic, uncouth, ungainly, bumbling, clownish, hulking, unwieldy, ungainly, heavy, halting, bumbling, bovine, overgrown, elephantine, gauche, gawky, inept, lumpish, maladroit, ponderous, wooden, klutzy, clunking, blundering, clodhopping, heavy-footed, lead-footed, two left feet, unhandy, tilt, skew, swerve, point, grade, lean, direct, cant, bend, decline, tip, diverge, descend, deviate, beam, train, bank, bevel, incline, veer, level, list, aim, heel, lie obliquely, bevel, ascend, rake, angle, incline, tip, skew, rise, lean, shelve, list, cant, heel, recline, pitch, fall, drop, dip, bank, descend, drop away, heavy, thick, fat, broad, chunky, dumpy, heavyset, thickset, thick-bodied, full, ample, broad, loose, deep, far-reaching, large, immense, spacious, extensive, vast, advanced, all-inclusive, baggy, capacious, catholic, commodious, comprehensive, distended, encyclopedic, general, inclusive, liberal, open, progressive, radical, squat, sweeping, tolerant, universal, voluminous, large-scale, expanded, dilated, far-ranging, outspread, outstretched, scopic,

    Antonyms:

    miniature, tiny, restricted, close-minded, small-minded, limited, narrow, quiet, little, small, thin, empty, adroit, agile, clever, dexterous, expert, graceful, athletic, coordinated, couth, decrease, uneven, rounded, indefinite, upright, rough, broken, elevated, raised, rugged, bubbly, effervescent, sharp, graceful, lithe, athletic, agile, lithe, gliding, straighten, increase, ascend, even, forget, neglect, rise, go up, stay, lie, leave alone, maintain, straighten, ascend, even, decline, lower, forget, do, go up, level, lanky, skinny, slender, slight, small, thin, tall, restricted, trivial, miniature, tiny, cramped, empty, narrow, small, little, limited, straight, on-course,

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