Splaying
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A shape or motion that splays.
"I point out at the top of the door three holes in the glass, an inch or so in diameter, clean holes that have left no cracks, only simple crater-shaped splayings around each orifice."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of splay form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"I point out at the top of the door three holes in the glass, an inch or so in diameter, clean holes that have left no cracks, only simple crater-shaped splayings around each orifice."
Etymology
From splay + -ing.
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