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[ spley ] SHOW IPA
/ spleɪ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used with object) to spread out, expand, or extend.
to form with an oblique angle; make slanting; bevel.
to make with a splay or splays.
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (used without object) to have an oblique or slanting direction.
to spread or flare.
noun Architecture . a surface that makes an oblique angle with another, as where the opening through a wall for a window or door widens from the window or door proper toward the face of the wall.
adjective spread out; wide and flat; turned outward.
clumsy or awkward.
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Origin of splay 1300–50; Middle English; aphetic form of display
OTHER WORDS FROM splay un·splayed, adjective Words nearby splay splat, splatter, splatter film, splatter movie, splatterpunk, splay , Splayd, splayfoot, spleen, spleenful, spleenwort
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Example sentences from the Web for splay They came at him on splay feet, their clubs raised high, their mouths opened and their eyes slitted in rage.
Castle of Terror | E.J. Liston
It still retains an original window on each side, small, round-headed, with a band of beautiful renaissance carving on the splay .
Portuguese Architecture | Walter Crum Watson
"Then you don't keep looking off at things; you can look inside;" and he struck his breast with his splay hand.
A Mountain Woman and Others | (AKA Elia Wilkinson) Elia W. Peattie
On the splay of one of the Norman windows a vine is represented, and there is a small Norman door.
The Cathedrals of Great Britain | P. H. Ditchfield
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British Dictionary definitions for splay adjective spread out; broad and flat
turned outwards in an awkward manner
verb to spread out; turn out or expand
(tr) vet science to dislocate (a joint)
noun a surface of a wall that forms an oblique angle to the main flat surfaces, esp at a doorway or window opening
enlargement
Word Origin for splay C14: short for display
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Words related to splay hulking, unwieldy, ungainly, full, ample, broad, loose, deep, far-reaching, large, immense, spacious, extensive, vast, expanded, expansive, generous, bulky, inept, ponderous