starfished

British

/ ˈstɑːˌfɪʃd /

adjective

informal lying with arms and legs outstretched; spread-eagled

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No matter how tense the tennis, even when the attempt to return Federer's 128mph serve left Djokovic starfished on the ground, there was no nail chewing in the royal box: the hands were far too well manicured for that.

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They then picked up one poor woman who was clinging to a piece of wood, and an unconscious man who was starfished on a hatch board.

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