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Meaning of splayed

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

splayed

Pronunciation:/spleɪd/

verb

Definitions

  1. To spread; spread out.

    Synonyms:broadendisplayspreadspread outwiden

  2. To dislocate, as a shoulder bone.

    Synonyms:dislocate

  3. To turn on one side; to render oblique; to slope or slant, as the side of a door, window etc.

    Synonyms:slantslope

  4. To rearrange (a splay tree) so that a desired element is placed at the root.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Of a door or a window: bevelled so as to be larger on one side of the wall than on the other.

    Example: a splayed door frame

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/splayhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/splayed

Related words

spread outdislocateturn outslipsplayfootedsplayfootjambsbevelled