splayed
past simple and past participle ofsplay
splay
verb[IorT]
uk/spleɪ/us/spleɪ/tospreadwideapart:
At onepointthedancersflippedontotheirbacksand splayedtheirlegs.
Thepetalssplayoutfrom themiddleof theflower.
Spreading and scattering
- all over the placeidiom
- bedaub
- bell
- bestrew
- billow
- diffuse
- dispersion
- dusting
- encroach on/uponsomething
- fan out
- go around
- go/do the roundsidiom
- smear
- smudge
- smudging
- smudgy
- spatter
- spattered
- sprinkle
- sweep
Examplesofsplayed
splayed
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The top of the king post issplayedto receive the principal rafters.
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Figure 9 shows the contrast between bucrania on the east wall and modelled bulls' head below asplayedfigure on the west wall.
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The windows are pressed out to the plane of the facade, leaving deep interior window niches whose sides aresplayedto admit more light.
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All three are in the exact same pose, withsplayedlegs and both hands resting on the legs at or around the knees.
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The sequence of two groups of three round columns, inside and then outside, contributes a dramatic 'splayedeffect', projecting outwards from the inner squared hearth and its corner flue.
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There are intermediate cases, however, where asplayedkerb is justified.
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For a single carriageway in a rural area the cost of kerbing, whether vertical,splayedor flush, is about £4,500 per mile of road.
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For example, at a widelysplayedjunction the normal length would not reach adequately into arms of the junction.
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Another recommendation was that where kerbing is necessary to prevent the roads spreading, kerbs should be flush with the carriageway orsplayedat an angle of forty-five degrees.
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This will enable the kerb radius to be substantially increased, the tramway lines to besplayed, and two refuges to be provided between the tramway tracks.
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The front windows are typical 20th-century windows with six-over-one sash and havesplayedwooden lintels and those on the first floor have raised center keystones.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Sheers comprise two upright spars, lashed together at their heads and their feetsplayedapart.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Pointed arch brackets support the purlins of the high ceiling; the windows have deepsplayedplain surrounds.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Dorsoventrally compressed; orbits face dorsally; widelysplayedpectoral fins, with cornua common; no post-pectoral plates; plates ornamented with linear rows of tubercles; strictly benthonic?
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The corners of the building havesplayedstepped buttresses, with two more buttresses occurring on the west front, at the ends of the aisles.
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- lead exposure
- lead guitar
- lead guitar
- lead guitarist
- lead-in
- lead-in
- leading
- leading academic
- leading advocate
- leading architect
- leading article
- leading-article
- leading authority
- leading case
- leading-case
- leading cause
- leading citizen
- leading company
- leading composer
- leading contender
- leading contributor
- leading economist
- leading edge
- leading-edge