SPLAY
Dictionary entry overview: What does splay mean?
• SPLAY (noun)
The noun SPLAY has 1 sense:
1. an outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger
Familiarity information: SPLAY used as a noun is very rare.
• SPLAY (adjective)
The adjective SPLAY has 1 sense:
1. turned outward in an ungainly manner
Familiarity information: SPLAY used as an adjective is very rare.
• SPLAY (verb)
The verb SPLAY has 3 senses:
1. spread open or apart
2. turn outward
3. move out of position
Familiarity information: SPLAY used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• SPLAY (noun)
Meaning:
An outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("splay" is a kind of...):
bevel; cant; chamfer (two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees)
• SPLAY (adjective)
Meaning:
Turned outward in an ungainly manner
Context example:
splay knees
Similar:
splayfoot; splayfooted (having feet that turn outward)
• SPLAY (verb)
Meaning:
Spread open or apart
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
He splayed his huge hands over the table
Hypernyms (to "splay" is one way to...):
open; spread; spread out; unfold (spread out or open from a closed or folded state)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Turn outward
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
splay; spread out; rotate; turn out
Context examples:
These birds can splay out their toes / ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees
Hypernyms (to "splay" is one way to...):
turn (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Move out of position
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
dislocate; luxate; splay; slip
Context examples:
dislocate joints / the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically
Hypernyms (to "splay" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
