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splayed

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. 1.To spread; spread out.
  2. 2.To dislocate, as a shoulder bone.
  3. 3.To turn on one side; to render oblique; to slope or slant, as the side of a door, window etc.
  4. 4.To rearrange (a splay tree) so that a desired element is placed at the root.
  5. 5.To spay; to castrate.

adjective

  1. 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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