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Raresplayed
The correct spelling is splayed.
How to pronounce splayed
verb
IPA: /spleɪd/
Say it like: Spl-aye-d
The correct spelling is splayed. To spread; spread out. For example: "a splayed door frame"
Usage Examples
“a splayed door frame”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To spread; spread out.
- 2.To dislocate, as a shoulder bone.
- 3.To turn on one side; to render oblique; to slope or slant, as the side of a door, window etc.
- 4.To rearrange (a splay tree) so that a desired element is placed at the root.
- 5.To spay; to castrate.
adjective
- 1.Of a door or a window: bevelled so as to be larger on one side of the wall than on the other.
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