splay

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

an outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger
• Hypernyms:
bevel, cant, chamfer

II - verb

1. spread open or apart
- He splayed his huge hands over the table
• Hypernyms:
unfold, spread, spread out, open
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. turn outward
- These birds can splay out their toes
- ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees
• Syn:
turn out, spread out, rotate
• Derivationally related forms:
turnout (for: turn out)
• Hypernyms:
turn
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. move out of position
- dislocate joints
- the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically
• Syn:
dislocate, luxate, slip
• Derivationally related forms:
slip (for: slip), slippage (for: slip), luxation (for: luxate), dislocation (for: dislocate)
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

III - adjective

turned outward in an ungainly manner
- splay knees
• Similar to:
splayfooted, splayfoot

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  dislocate, luxate, slip, turn out, spread out, rotate