noun
- An outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger.
verb
- Spread open or apart.
- usage: "He splayed his huge hands over the table"
- Turn outward.
- usage: "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"
- synonyms: turn out, spread out, rotate
- Move out of position.
- usage: "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"
adjective
- Turned outward in an ungainly manner.
- usage: "splay knees"
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