splaying

/S P L EY1 IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To spread; spread out.

    syn:broadendisplayspreadspread outwiden
  2. 2

    To dislocate, as a shoulder bone.

    syn:dislocate
  3. 3

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

    syn:slantslope
  4. 4

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

  5. 5

    To spay; to castrate.

noun
  1. 1

    A shape or motion that splays.

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