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starfished

/ ˈstɑːˌfɪʃd /

adjective

  1. informal,  lying with arms and legs outstretched; spread-eagled

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Half an hour later, the bottle was empty and I was starfished on the hall floor, admiring the crystal chandelier spinning slowly overhead.

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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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