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

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