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Splay

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slipnoun(intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
spread outverbFar apart, not close to each other, extended over an expanse of space or time.
turn outverb(intransitive, idiomatic, copulative) To end up; to result.
dislocateverbTo put something out of its usual place.
splayfootnoun(uncountable) A deformity in which the feet are abnormally flat and turned outwards.
splayfootedHaving splayfeet.

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spread outverbFar apart, not close to each other, extended over an expanse of space or time.
dislocateverbTo put something out of its usual place.
turn outverb(intransitive, idiomatic, copulative) To end up; to result.
slipnoun(intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
splayfootedHaving splayfeet.
splayfootnoun(uncountable) A deformity in which the feet are abnormally flat and turned outwards.
expandverb(transitive) To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something).
outspreadExtended outward, as one's arms.
spreddverbObsolete form of spread. [(transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.]
spradnounObsolete form of spread. [(transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.]
spreadnounThe act of spreading.
forspreadverb(ambitransitive) To diffuse
sprawlnounA straggling, haphazard growth, especially of housing on the edge of a city.
spillnoun(countable) A mess of something that has been dropped.
spraddlenounA manner of walking with the legs spread out.
spendverb(ambitransitive) To pay out (money).
spread-eagleverbLying with arms and legs outstretched and separated.
unspoolverbTo remove (film, cotton, etc.) from a spool; unwind.
overspreadverb(transitive) To spread over or across (something); cover over; be scattered over; permeate, overrun.
splootnoun(slang) An animal's flat posture on its stomach, hind legs extended.

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