verb Download 🔗Share To spread; spread out. Examples : "The toddler splayed her fingers wide, showing me she had five. " appearance body action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To dislocate, as a shoulder bone. Examples : "During the awkward fall from the jungle gym, the boy splayed his shoulder. " medicine anatomy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To turn on one side; to render oblique; to slope or slant, as the side of a door, window etc. Examples : "The architect splayed the windows outward to allow more sunlight into the building. " architecture appearance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To rearrange (a splay tree) so that a desired element is placed at the root. Examples : "The programmer splayed the tree, bringing the most frequently accessed data to the top for faster retrieval. " computing technology structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To spay; to castrate. Examples : "The veterinarian will spay the dog tomorrow. " medicine animal Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Of a door or a window: bevelled so as to be larger on one side of the wall than on the other. Examples : "a splayed door frame" architecture building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading