splay

«splay» in Mova's school dictionary: to spread things wide apart, especially fingers, legs or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (splay, splays, splayed, splaying); adjective (splay — rare)

meaning for a pupil

1) To splay is to spread things wide apart, especially fingers, legs or feet. tree →

2) Splayed means spread out wide or turned outward. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and descriptions, «splayed» shows a body position: a frog with splayed legs, a cat lying splayed in the sun. In sport, climbers and skiers may splay their feet or hands for balance. Phrases: «splay your fingers», «splayed legs», «splayed out».

examples

• Splay your fingers wide like a starfish. tree →
• The frog jumped with its legs splayed. tree →
• The puppy lay splayed out on the cool floor. tree →
• He fell over on the ice with his arms splayed. tree →
• A giraffe has to splay its front legs to drink. tree →
• The tree's roots splayed out across the ground. tree →

note

Past: «splayed». Similar words: «spread», «stretch out». «Splay-footed» means with feet turning outward.

In the corpora

• A toothbrush with bent, splayed bristles does not clean well and is changed about every three months.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «splay» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.