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splaying

The correct spelling is splaying.

How to pronounce splaying

verb

Say it like: Spl-ayi-ng

The correct spelling is splaying. To spread; spread out.

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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.

noun

  1. 1.A shape or motion that splays.

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