Splay Definition

splā
splayed, splays
adjective
Spread or turned out.
American Heritage
Sloping, spreading, or turning outward.
Webster's New World
Clumsy or clumsily formed; awkward.
American Heritage
Broad and flat.
Webster's New World
Awkwardly awry.
Webster's New World
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noun
splays
A sloping or beveled surface or angle, as of the side of a doorway.
Webster's New World
A spreading; expansion; enlargement.
Webster's New World
verb
splayed, splays
To spread (the limbs, for example) out or apart, especially clumsily.
American Heritage
To make or be beveled or sloping.
Webster's New World
To spread out or apart; expand; extend.
Webster's New World
To dislocate (a bone). Used of an animal.
American Heritage
To slant or slope.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Splay

Noun

Singular:
splay
Plural:
splays

Origin of Splay

  • From Middle English splayen to spread out short for displayen display

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English, an abbreviated form of display.

    From Wiktionary

Splay Sentence Examples

  • They are relatively large dogs, with broad splay feet, and silky oily coats.

  • Main doorway has internal splay of dressed limestone rubble.

  • The conventional dome design has been given a wider splay making it extremely sturdy in high winds.

  • Another madonna, in the form of a relief, leans in a window splay between the two war memorials.

  • Cow hocks, weak pasterns, straight stifles, and splay feet are very bad faults.

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