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spread-eagle
spread-ea·gle (sprĕd′ē′gəl)adj.1. Positioned with the arms and legs stretched out.2. Informal Full of patriotic or jingoistic rhetoric.v. spread-ea·gled, spread-ea·gling, spread-ea·gles v.tr. To place in a spread-eagle position, especially as a means of punishment.v.intr.1. To assume a spread-eagle position.2. To make a grandiloquent, patriotic speech.spread-eagle adj lying or standing with arms and legs outstretched vb 1. to assume or cause to assume the shape of a spread eagle 2. (Ice Skating) (intr) skating to execute a spread eagle spread′ ea′gle n. 1. a representation of an eagle with outspread wings: used as an emblem of the U.S. 2. a skating figure performed with the skates touching heel-to-heel in a straight line and the arms outstretched. [1560–70] spread′-ea`gle adj., v. -gled, -gling. adj. 1. having or suggesting the form of a spread eagle. 2. lying with arms and legs outstretched. 3. boastful or bombastic, esp. in the display of patriotic pride in the U.S. v.t. 4. to stretch out in a spread-eagle position. v.i. 5. to perform the skating figure of a spread eagle. [1820–30] spread-eagle - First described a navy man who was lashed to the rigging for flogging.See also related terms for rigging.spread-eagle Past participle: spread-eagled Gerund: spread-eagling
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spread-eagle | spread-eagle |
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I spread-eagle | you spread-eagle | he/she/it spread-eagles | we spread-eagle | you spread-eagle | they spread-eagle |
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I spread-eagled | you spread-eagled | he/she/it spread-eagled | we spread-eagled | you spread-eagled | they spread-eagled |
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I am spread-eagling | you are spread-eagling | he/she/it is spread-eagling | we are spread-eagling | you are spread-eagling | they are spread-eagling |
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I have spread-eagled | you have spread-eagled | he/she/it has spread-eagled | we have spread-eagled | you have spread-eagled | they have spread-eagled |
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I was spread-eagling | you were spread-eagling | he/she/it was spread-eagling | we were spread-eagling | you were spread-eagling | they were spread-eagling |
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I had spread-eagled | you had spread-eagled | he/she/it had spread-eagled | we had spread-eagled | you had spread-eagled | they had spread-eagled |
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I will spread-eagle | you will spread-eagle | he/she/it will spread-eagle | we will spread-eagle | you will spread-eagle | they will spread-eagle |
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I will have spread-eagled | you will have spread-eagled | he/she/it will have spread-eagled | we will have spread-eagled | you will have spread-eagled | they will have spread-eagled |
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I will be spread-eagling | you will be spread-eagling | he/she/it will be spread-eagling | we will be spread-eagling | you will be spread-eagling | they will be spread-eagling |
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I have been spread-eagling | you have been spread-eagling | he/she/it has been spread-eagling | we have been spread-eagling | you have been spread-eagling | they have been spread-eagling |
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I will have been spread-eagling | you will have been spread-eagling | he/she/it will have been spread-eagling | we will have been spread-eagling | you will have been spread-eagling | they will have been spread-eagling |
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I had been spread-eagling | you had been spread-eagling | he/she/it had been spread-eagling | we had been spread-eagling | you had been spread-eagling | they had been spread-eagling |
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I would spread-eagle | you would spread-eagle | he/she/it would spread-eagle | we would spread-eagle | you would spread-eagle | they would spread-eagle |
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I would have spread-eagled | you would have spread-eagled | he/she/it would have spread-eagled | we would have spread-eagled | you would have spread-eagled | they would have spread-eagled | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | spread-eagle - stretch out completely; "They spread-eagled him across the floor"stretch, extend - extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body; "Stretch your legs!"; "Extend your right arm above your head" | | 2. | spread-eagle - stretch over; "His residences spread-eagle the entire county"straddle, range - range or extend over; occupy a certain area; "The plants straddle the entire state" | | 3. | spread-eagle - execute a spread eagle on skates, with arms and legs stretched outathletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competitionfigure skate - dance on skates | | 4. | spread-eagle - stand with arms and legs spread outsprawl - sit or lie with one's limbs spread out | | 5. | spread-eagle - defeat disastrouslyspreadeagle, routbeat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" | Adj. | 1. | spread-eagle - with arms and legs stretched out and apart; "lay spread-eagle on the floor"extended - fully extended or stretched forth; "an extended telescope"; "his extended legs reached almost across the small room"; "refused to accept the extended hand" |
spread-eagleverbTo sit or lie with the limbs spread out awkwardly:drape, loll, sprawl, straddle.Translationsspread-eagle
Synonyms for spread-eagleverb to sit or lie with the limbs spread out awkwardlySynonymsSynonyms for spread-eagleverb stretch out completelyRelated Wordsverb stretch overRelated Wordsverb execute a spread eagle on skates, with arms and legs stretched outRelated Words- athletics
- sport
- figure skate
verb stand with arms and legs spread outRelated Wordsverb defeat disastrouslySynonymsRelated Words- beat
- beat out
- vanquish
- trounce
- crush
- shell
adj with arms and legs stretched out and apartRelated Words |