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Meanings of splay in English

Catalan
aixamfranar

Turn outward.

        aixamfranar
        Portuguese
        deslocar-se
        Catalan
        dislocar

        Move out of position.

              deslocar-se

              Splay.

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                      Usage of splay in English
                      1
                      She shot four times, a splay of fire to cover all angles.
                      Map of bones
                      2
                      I see them walking, one behind another, thickset men, stump-legged, splay-footed, white-skinned.
                      The Fifth Head of Cerberus
                      3
                      We never know the ripples that splay out from any form of demonstration.
                      The Guardian
                      4
                      I mind that you said it was a splay-foot, and here's the explanation.
                      Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
                      5
                      Norman windows have only one splay on the internal side of the building.
                      English Villages
                      6
                      The air is thick with monsters, fish-headed and splay of foot.
                      Promenades of an Impressionist
                      7
                      Then she whipped up a scale and finished with some splay-handed chord clusters.
                      Son of a witch: volume two in the wicked years
                      8
                      And beside them stretched long splay-clawed prints of a running dragon.
                      Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
                      9
                      If any splay-fingered oaf could do as well, what fun would it be?
                      The burglar who liked to quote kipling
                      10
                      It floats splay-fingered in front of her eyes for a moment, then drops.
                      Night Shift
                      11
                      He hopped on one sturdy, splay-footed leg, balancing himself with a kangaroo tail.
                      Star Maker
                      12
                      Has she got a splay-foot, red hair, and a crooked back?
                      The Virginians
                      13
                      The Fomor croaked out a little laugh and rubbed his splay-fingered hands together.
                      Dangerous Women
                      14
                      The dog makes great curlicues around my own, splay-footed, herringbone of a track.
                      The Irish Times
                      15
                      Harold's legs splay and stretch out, and his head drops onto his chest.
                      The dream of perpetual motion
                      16
                      His great splay beard flowed sidewise in the evening wind.
                      The Ivory Trail
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                      Translations for splay
                      Portuguese
                      deslocar-se
                      Splay through the time