splay
verb (used with object)
to spread out, expand, or extend.
splays
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present tense formof splay (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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This is a woman who has the world where she wants it, and who laughs blithely throughout our chat – even when discussing the terrifying anxieties she nightly splays across the stage.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 20, 2019
They end as high-contrast splays of sound, ranging from melodic solo statements to coordinated wallops.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2017
Sediment that breaches the levees during flood stage is called crevasse splays delivering silt and clay into the floodplain.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
The anole splays its little lizard fingers to break its fall as it hurtles face-first onto the ground.
From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2014
It splays across the hot cement and dangles near the toes of her sneakers.
From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly
