🔄 Synonyms of "Splay"
6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| slipnoun | (intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction. |
| spread outverb | Far apart, not close to each other, extended over an expanse of space or time. |
| turn outverb | (intransitive, idiomatic, copulative) To end up; to result. |
| dislocateverb | To put something out of its usual place. |
| splayfootnoun | (uncountable) A deformity in which the feet are abnormally flat and turned outwards. |
| splayfooted | Having splayfeet. |
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| spread outverb | Far apart, not close to each other, extended over an expanse of space or time. |
| dislocateverb | To 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. |
| splayfooted | Having 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). |
| outspread | Extended outward, as one's arms. |
| spreddverb | Obsolete form of spread. [(transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.] |
| spradnoun | Obsolete form of spread. [(transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.] |
| spreadnoun | The act of spreading. |
| forspreadverb | (ambitransitive) To diffuse |
| sprawlnoun | A straggling, haphazard growth, especially of housing on the edge of a city. |
| spillnoun | (countable) A mess of something that has been dropped. |
| spraddlenoun | A manner of walking with the legs spread out. |
| spendverb | (ambitransitive) To pay out (money). |
| spread-eagleverb | Lying with arms and legs outstretched and separated. |
| unspoolverb | To 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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