splay

/spleɪ/

noun

Meaning

A slope or bevel, especially of the sides of a door or window, by which the opening is made larger at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them.

verb

Meaning

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

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adjective

Meaning