spread-eagle

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - verb

1. stretch out completely (Freq. 1)
- They spread-eagled him across the floor
• Hypernyms:
stretch, extend
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. stretch over
- His residences spread-eagle the entire county
• Hypernyms:
range, straddle
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
3. execute a spread eagle on skates, with arms and legs stretched out
• Topics:
sport, athletics
• Hypernyms:
figure skate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
4. stand with arms and legs spread out
• Hypernyms:
sprawl
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
5. defeat disastrously
• Syn:
spreadeagle, rout
• Derivationally related forms:
rout (for: rout)
• Hypernyms:
beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- The fighter managed to spread-eagle his opponent

II - adjective

with arms and legs stretched out and apart
- lay spread-eagle on the floor
• Similar to:
extended

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  spreadeagle, rout