Splay definition

Splay

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WordNet

(1) Turned outward in an ungainly manner

"Splay knees"

(2) An outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger

(3) Move out of position

"Dislocate joints"

"The artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"

(4) Turn outward

"These birds can splay out their toes"

"Ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"

(5) Spread open or apart

"He splayed his huge hands over the table"

WiktionaryText

To display; to spread.
To dislocate, as a shoulder bone.
To spay; to castrate.
To turn on one side; to render oblique; to slope or slant, as the side of a door, window, etc.

Displayed; spread out; turned outward; hence, flat; ungainly; as, splay shoulders.

A slope or bevel, especially of the sides of a door or window, by which the opening is made larger at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them.