splay

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: splā
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /spleɪ/
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• rhymes with -eɪ
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PIE word *dwís The verb is derived from Middle English splaien, splayen (“to display; to spread out, unfurl (a flag, etc.); (cooking) to cut open (a fish) lengthwise and lay it open; (figurative) to appear; to spread”), an aphetic form of Middle English displaien, displayen (“to display”): see display. The adjective and adverb are derived from the verb, or from splayfoot (noun) or splayfooted (adjective). The noun is derived from the verb.

From Middle English splaien, splayen, a variant of spaien, spayen (“to remove the ovaries of (a female animal), spay; to stab or kill (an animal)”): see spay.

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: levenemä — outward spread of an object
• Bulgarian: отко́с (otkós) — bevel, slant, or slope, especially of the frame or jamb of a door or window; The amount of such a bevel, slant, or slope — see also bevel, slant, slope
• Catalan: capialt — bevel, slant, or slope, especially of the frame or jamb of a door or window; The amount of such a bevel, slant, or slope — see also bevel, slant, slope
• Catalan: esplandit — bevel, slant, or slope, especially of the frame or jamb of a door or window; The amount of such a bevel, slant, or slope — see also bevel, slant, slope
• Czech: zkřížení — bevel, slant, or slope, especially of the frame or jamb of a door or window; The amount of such a bevel, slant, or slope — see also bevel, slant, slope
• Czech: zkosení — bevel, slant, or slope, especially of the frame or jamb of a door or window; The amount of such a bevel, slant, or slope — see also bevel, slant, slope
• Czech: úkos — bevel, slant, or slope, especially of the frame or jamb of a door or window; The amount of such a bevel, slant, or slope — see also bevel, slant, slope
• Czech: šikmé ostění — bevel, slant, or slope, especially of the frame or jamb of a door or window; The amount of such a bevel, slant, or slope — see also bevel, slant, slope
• Finnish: viiste — bevel, slant, or slope, especially of the frame or jamb of a door or window; The amount of such a bevel, slant, or slope — see also bevel, slant, slope
• German: Abkantung — bevel, slant, or slope, especially of the frame or jamb of a door or window; The amount of such a bevel, slant, or slope — see also bevel, slant, slope
• German: Abschrägung — bevel, slant, or slope, especially of the frame or jamb of a door or window; The amount of such a bevel, slant, or slope — see also bevel, slant, slope
• Irish: spré fuinneoige — bevel, slant, or slope, especially of the frame or jamb of a door or window; The amount of such a bevel, slant, or slope — see also bevel, slant, slope
• Italian: sguancio — bevel, slant, or slope, especially of the frame or jamb of a door or window; The amount of such a bevel, slant, or slope — see also bevel, slant, slope
• Italian: strombatura — bevel, slant, or slope, especially of the frame or jamb of a door or window; The amount of such a bevel, slant, or slope — see also bevel, slant, slope
• Russian: отко́с (otkós) — bevel, slant, or slope, especially of the frame or jamb of a door or window; The amount of such a bevel, slant, or slope — see also bevel, slant, slope
• Finnish: levenemä — widening of a minor road where it forms a junction with a major road
• Finnish: sivuttainen näkyvyys — view to the left or right which a driver on a minor road has of traffic on the major road; plan showing this
• Bulgarian: разпервам (razpervam) — to spread, spread apart, or spread out (something)
• Catalan: escampar — to spread, spread apart, or spread out (something)
• Czech: roztahovat — to spread, spread apart, or spread out (something)
• Czech: roztáhnout — to spread, spread apart, or spread out (something)
• Czech: rozevřít — to spread, spread apart, or spread out (something)
• Czech: oddálit — to spread, spread apart, or spread out (something)
• Finnish: levittää — to spread, spread apart, or spread out (something)
• German: spreizen — to spread, spread apart, or spread out (something)
• Middle English: splayen — to spread, spread apart, or spread out (something)
• Spanish: disgregar — to spread, spread apart, or spread out (something)
• Spanish: desperdigar — to spread, spread apart, or spread out (something)
• Finnish: siirtää splay-puun juureksi — to rearrange (a splay tree) so that a desired element is placed at the root
• Finnish: olla kallellaan — to have, or lie in, an oblique or slanted position
• Finnish: olla kenossa — to have, or lie in, an oblique or slanted position
• Finnish: olla vinossa — to have, or lie in, an oblique or slanted position
• Finnish: harottaa — to spread out awkwardly — see also sprawl