splay
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Verb
He sat with his legs splayed apart. She splayed her fingers to show off her manicure. His fingers splayed out over the table as he steadied himself.
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And what Forbice's street view catches can be downright disturbing: One woman, wearing a simple bubble-gum- pink button down, snaps a photo of a woman in a dress splayed out on the sidewalk who is presumably drunk or maybe dead. — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, "How Rihanna’s Footwear Designer Created the Creepiest Lookbook Of The Year," 16 July 2018 So, at this point, the three big floor joists were splayed out into the air. — Ryan D'agostino, Popular Mechanics, "How to Build a Treehouse in the Backyard," 23 Jan. 2019 The skirt, when splayed out, is an image of two people shaking hands over a Singapore skyline; one arm wearing the North Korean flag, the other wearing an American flag. — Chavie Lieber, Vox, "Miss Universe Singapore’s pageant dress is a giant mural of Trump and Kim Jong Un shaking hands," 29 Nov. 2018 Migrants are splayed out on cold concrete floors, huddled beneath sparse tree cover as border agents circle in helicopters above, and lined up in a row, handcuffed, illuminated by the blue lights of police vehicles. — Azam Ahmed, New York Times, "Where Fear and Hope Collide: Images From Mexican Border, and Beyond," 25 Mar. 2018 Men wore wide-legged trousers and and strappy, body-baring harness-style tops while women wore a simplistic high-necked red dresses, the skirts of which splayed out in strips with each twirl. — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, "The New York City Ballet Hosts a Fall Gala to Remember With Costumes by Gareth Pugh, Alberta Ferretti, and Giles Deacon," 28 Sep. 2018 But those numbers aren’t splayed across billboards and shown in countless mini marts across America. — Scott Mcfetridge, The Seattle Times, "Mega Millions, Powerball prizes come down to math, long odds," 23 Oct. 2018 Photos and video published by CNA and by witnesses on Facebook show the train’s white and red carriages splayed out in a zigzag pattern along a bend in the track. — Josh Chin, WSJ, "Taiwanese Passenger Train Derailment Kills 18," 22 Oct. 2018 Walled with windows on the southeast side, the sunlight softly splays across mid-century tables and chairs. — Grace Ann Leadbeater, Vogue, "A Roman Holiday-Inspired Trip, for the 21st-Century Princess Ann," 24 July 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Rather than a single cavern with a rectangular opening flap on the top, this hauler unzips around the sides and splays open into two halves, each with a mesh zippered cover. — Ariella Gintzler, Outside Online, "Testing Adventure-Ready Travel Bags from Eagle Creek," 10 May 2018 In a time of postmodern splay, Monk is here to stay. — Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, "At 100, Thelonious Monk Gets a Hero’s Celebration," 30 Oct. 2017 Words in languages current, ancient and legendary splay across its doors, bumpers and hatches, predicting a future in which the people of the world are united. — Danielle Ohl, baltimoresun.com, "Bus trip: A local artist and documentary crew are hunting for a Woodstock icon," 7 July 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'splay.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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