splaying
present 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
Examplesofsplaying
splaying
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
A continual change occurs along strike between the thinner and thicker ends of the sandpacks, through complex along-strike anastomosing,splayingand branching of fault planes.
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The sets of fine ridgessplayingwithin the area of the trace are owning to the superposition of another trace fossil.
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Externally, the combination of 'stereotomic' solid and tectonic, diametrically opposed terrace and verandah is evidenced powerfully by the timber columns and fenestration, as revealing,splayingopen the enclosure.
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Bysplayingout the traffic, as happens already, a safety factor will be introduced.
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The twist is often associated with alternating fluctuations in the dihedral angles to prevent the individual strands in a larger sheet fromsplayingapart.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In most dromaeosaurids, features of the hip bone prevent the legs fromsplayinghorizontally; instead, they are locked in a vertical position below the body.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This results in exaggerated postoperativesplayingof the 3rd and 4th digits (toes) due to the loss of the supporting ligamentous structure.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.All normal operations on a binary search tree are combined with one basic operation, called "splaying".
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.We know that aftersplaying, "v" is the child of its path-parent node "w".
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Other symptoms include lethargy, disorientation, loss of equilibrium, gaping, and finsplaying.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A fast entry into water from a muddy bank can be effected by plunging to the ground, twisting the body from side to side andsplayingout the limbs.
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