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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splay/#m1)

2) Splayed means spread out wide or turned outward. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splay/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splay/#x1)
- The frog jumped with its legs splayed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splay/#x2)
- The puppy lay splayed out on the cool floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splay/#x3)
- He fell over on the ice with his arms splayed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splay/#x4)
- A giraffe has to splay its front legs to drink. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splay/#x5)
- The tree's roots splayed out across the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splay/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/73-brushing-your-teeth/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «splay» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splay/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.