splay
English
/spleɪ/
verb
Definitions
- To spread; spread out.
- To dislocate, as a shoulder bone.
- To turn on one side; to render oblique; to slope or slant, as the side of a door, window etc.
- (comptheory) To rearrange (a splay tree) so that a desired element is placed at the root.
- (obsolete) To spay; to castrate.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English splayen, displayen (display).
Origin
Middle English
displayen
Gloss
display