splay

splay
Synonyms and related words:
aberrate, addition, adjunct, aggrandizement, ampliation, amplification, attenuation, augmentation, awkward, bestrew, branch, branch out, broadcast, broadcasting, broadening, circumfuse, circumfusion, crescendo, deal out, deltoid, deploy, deployment, diffract, diffraction, diffuse, diffusion, dilution, dispensation, dispense, dispersal, disperse, dispersion, dispread, disseminate, dissemination, dissipation, distribute, distribution, divaricate, diverge, divergence, divide, enlargement, evaporation, expand, expansion, extend, extension, fan, fan out, fan-shape, fan-shaped, fanlike, fanned, fanning, fanning out, flabelliform, flare, flared, flaring, fragmentation, gawky, go away, go off, hiking, increase, issue, lumbering, lumpish, magnification, open, open up, outspread, outstretch, outstretched, overgrow, overrun, overscatter, oversow, overspread, patulous, peppering, propagate, propagation, publication, publish, radiate, radiation, raising, ramify, retail, scatter, scattering, scatterment, separate, shotgun pattern, sow, sow broadcast, sowing, spattering, splayed, splaying, spraddle, spraddled, spraddling, sprangle, sprangled, sprangling, sprawl, sprawling, sprawly, spread, spread like wildfire, spread out, spreading, sprinkling, stretched-out, strew, strewing, unfold, unfolded, ungainly, upping, utter, volatilization, wide-open, widen, widening, widespread

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  • Splay — can also refer to::*An audio player intended for console use.:*A Japanese band.:*An SGC term made up by Scott Johnson:See also Splay tree.Splay is a physiological term that refers to the difference between urine threshold (the amount of a… …   Wikipedia

  • splay — UK [spleɪ] / US or splay out UK / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms splay : present tense I/you/we/they splay he/she/it splays present participle splaying past tense splayed past participle splayed Word forms splay out : present tense… …   English dictionary

  • Splay — Splay, a. Displayed; spread out; turned outward; hence, flat; ungainly; as, splay shoulders. [1913 Webster] Sonwthing splay, something blunt edged, unhandy, and infelicitous. M. Arnold. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Splay — Splay, v. t. [Abbrev. of display.] 1. To display; to spread. [Obs.] Our ensigns splayed. Gascoigne. [1913 Webster] 2. To dislocate, as a shoulder bone. [1913 Webster] 3. To spay; to castrate. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] 4. To turn on one… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Splay — Splay, a. (Arch.) A slope or bevel, especially of the sides of a door or window, by which the opening is made larged at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Splay — Pays d’origine Japon Genre musical JPop Années d activité 2000 2008 Labels Pony Canyon Splay …   Wikipédia en Français

  • splay — /splay/, v.t. 1. to spread out, expand, or extend. 2. to form with an oblique angle; make slanting; bevel. 3. to make with a splay or splays. 4. to disjoin; dislocate. v.i. 5. to have an oblique or slanting direction. 6. to spread or flare. n. 7 …   Universalium

  • splay — [spleı] v also splay out [I and T] [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: display] to spread apart widely, or to make things do this, especially parts of the body ▪ He sat with his legs splayed out in front of him …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • splay — [ spleı ] or ,splay out verb intransitive or transitive to stretch or spread something, especially your body or part of your body, in a way that often looks strange: She was splayed out across the couch …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • splay — index deploy, radiate, spread Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • splay — (v.) to spread out, early 14c., shortened form of desplayen (see DISPLAY (Cf. display)). Pp. adj. splayed spread out is attested from 1540s …   Etymology dictionary

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