1. Defeat disastrously
   - spread-eagle, rout

1. Stretch out completely
   "They spread-eagled him across the floor" 
2. Stretch over
   "His residences spread-eagle the entire county" 
3. Stand with arms and legs spread out 
4. Execute a spread eagle on skates, with arms and legs stretched out

1. With arms and legs stretched out and apart
   "lay spread-eagle on the floor"
   - spreadeagled

1. An emblem (an eagle with wings and legs spread) on the obverse of the Great Seal of the United States 
2. A skating figure executed with the skates heel to heel in a straight line

Derived forms: spread-eagled, spread-eagles, spread-eagling, spreadeagling, spread eagles, spreadeagled, spreadeagles

See also: extended

Type of: allegory, beat, beat out, crush, emblem, extend, figure, figure skate, range, shell, sprawl, straddle, stretch, trounce, vanquish

Encyclopedia: Spread eagle

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