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5-letter words (4 found)

PALSY,PLAYS,SPLAY,SPYAL,

4-letter words (13 found)

ALPS,LAPS,LAYS,PALS,PALY,PAYS,PLAY,PYAS,SALP,SLAP,SLAY,SPAY,YAPS,

3-letter words (20 found)

ALP,ALS,ASP,AYS,LAP,LAS,LAY,PAL,PAS,PAY,PLY,PYA,SAL,SAP,SAY,SLY,SPA,SPY,YAP,YAS,

2-letter words (6 found)

AL,AS,AY,LA,PA,YA,

You can make 43 words from splay according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of splay

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Definitions and meaning of splay

splay

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: splā, IPA(key): /spleɪ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪ

Etymology 1

The verb is derived from Middle English splaien, splayen (“to display; to spread out, unfurl (a flag, etc.); (cooking) to cut open (a fish) lengthwise and lay it open; (figurative) to appear; to spread”), an aphetic form of Middle English displaien, displayen (“to display”): see display.

The adjective and adverb are derived from the verb, or from splayfoot (noun) or splayfooted (adjective). The noun is derived from the verb.

Verb

splay (third-person singular simple present splays, present participle splaying, simple past and past participle splayed)

  1. (transitive)
    1. To spread, spread apart, or spread out (something); to expand.
      Synonyms: broaden, (obsolete) display, widen
    2. (chiefly architecture) To construct a bevel or slope on (something, such as the frame or jamb of a door or window); to bevel, to slant, to slope.
    3. (computing theory) To rearrange (a splay tree) so that a desired element is placed at the root.
    4. (pathology) To dislocate (a body part such as a shoulder bone).
    5. (obsolete) To unfurl or unroll (a banner or flag).
      Synonym: (obsolete) display
  2. (intransitive)
    1. To have, or lie in, an oblique or slanted position.
    2. To spread out awkwardly; to sprawl.
Derived terms
  • splayed (adjective)
  • splayer
  • splaying (noun)
Translations

Adjective

splay (comparative more splay, superlative most splay)

  1. Oblique, slanted.
  2. Turned outward; spread out.
  3. (figurative) Crooked, distorted, out of place.
    Synonym: awry
Derived terms
  • splayfoot
  • splayfooted, splay-footed
  • splayleg
  • splay-legged
Translations

Adverb

splay (comparative more splay, superlative most splay)

  1. In an oblique or slanted manner; obliquely, slantedly.
    Synonyms: slantingly, slantwise, slopingly
  2. Of walking, etc.: with the feet turned outwards; in a splayfooted manner.
    Synonym: splayfoot
Translations

Noun

splay (plural splays)

  1. An outward spread of an object such as a bowl or cup.
  2. (architecture, also attributive)
    2. A bevel, slant, or slope, especially of the frame or jamb of a door or window, by which an opening is made larger at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them.
    3. The amount of such a bevel, slant, or slope.
  3. (road transport)
    2. A widening of a minor road where it forms a junction with a major road to ensure that the view of traffic on the major road by drivers on the minor road is not obstructed.
    3. The view to the left or right which a driver on a minor road has of traffic on the major road; also, a plan showing this.
Derived terms
  • splay tree
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English splaien, splayen, a variant of spaien, spayen (“to remove the ovaries of (a female animal), spay; to stab or kill (an animal)”): see spay.

Verb

splay (third-person singular simple present splays, present participle splaying, simple past and past participle splayed)

  1. (transitive, obsolete except Ireland, Lincolnshire, Shropshire) Synonym of spay (“to destroy or remove the ovaries and/or uterus (of a female animal) to prevent pregnancy”)
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References

Further reading

  • splay (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Joseph Wright, editor (1905), “SPLAY, v.1”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volumes V (R–S), London: Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC, page 674, column 2.

Anagrams

  • palsy, plays, spyal

Middle English

Verb

splay

  1. Alternative form of splayen

Source: wiktionary.org