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Splay

To display; to spread.

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Similar meaning 4

Splayfoot 84% connected

A foot that is abnormally flattened and spread out; flat foot.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Splayfoot 84% connected

A foot that is abnormally flattened and spread out; flat foot.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Splayfooted 84% connected

Having a splayfoot or splayfeet.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Splayfooted 84% connected

Having a splayfoot or splayfeet.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 9

Bevel 76% connected

Any angle other than a right angle; the angle which one surface makes with another when they are not at right angles; the slant or inclination of suc…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cant 76% connected

A corner; angle; niche.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Chamfer 76% connected

The surface formed by cutting away the arris, or angle, formed by two faces of a piece of timber, stone, etc.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Displace 76% connected

To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Open 76% connected

Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Spread 76% connected

of Spread

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Unfold 76% connected

To open the folds of; to expand; to spread out; as, to unfold a tablecloth.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Slippage 74% connected

The act of slipping; also, the amount of slipping.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Slippage 74% connected

The act of slipping; also, the amount of slipping.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 4

Dislocate 92% connected

To displace; to put out of its proper place. Especially, of a bone: To remove from its normal connections with a neighboring bone; to put out of join…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Luxate 92% connected

Luxated.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rotate 92% connected

Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped; as, a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla, i.e., a monopetalous corolla with a flatt…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slip 92% connected

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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