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Meaning of splay

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  splay
      adj 1: turned outward in an ungainly manner; "splay knees"
      n 1: an outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem
           larger
      v 1: spread open or apart; "He splayed his huge hands over the
           table"
      2: turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet
         dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees" [syn: {turn
         out}, {splay}, {spread out}, {rotate}]
      3: move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip
         joint luxated and had to be put back surgically" [syn:
         {dislocate}, {luxate}, {splay}, {slip}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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