splayed
Spread wide apart
Splayed means spread wide apart, especially outward from a central point.
Fingers can be splayed across a surface, toes splayed for balance, legs splayed awkwardly.
The word often suggests ungainly positioning: She lay splayed on the couch.
In architecture, splayed describes an opening that widens from one side to the other, as in a splayed window jamb.
Lay spread out loosely
- spread-eagleLimbs extended in X-shape
- akimboBent-elbow posture
- outstretchedSpread to full length
- extendedLengthened in time or space
limbs · ungainly · awkward · clumsy · ungraceful · lumbering · gawky · inelegant
To distribute widely
- fannedSpread in arc
- outstretchedSpread to full length
- extendedLengthened in time or space
- apartIn different locations
open · wide · separated · diverging · radiating · reaching · grasping · palm
Turned from perpendicular
divergent · slanted · beveled · tapered · oblique · leaning · inclined · walls
Lacking any covering
- openNot closed
- revealedMade visible or known
- uncoveredMade visible or known
- vulnerableOpen to attack
unprotected · defenseless · displayed · exhibited · visible · accessible · naked · raw
sprawled
Lay spread out loosely
- spread-eagleLimbs extended in X-shape
- akimboBent-elbow posture
- outstretchedSpread to full length
extended · limbs · ungainly · awkward · clumsy · ungraceful · lumbering · gawky · inelegant · straddled
spread
To distribute widely
- fannedSpread in arc
- outstretchedSpread to full length
- extendedLengthened in time or space
apart · open · wide · separated · diverging · radiating · reaching · grasping · palm · hand
angled
Turned from perpendicular
flared · divergent · slanted · beveled · tapered · oblique · leaning · inclined · walls · posts
bare
Lacking any covering
vulnerable · unprotected · defenseless · displayed · exhibited · visible · accessible · naked · raw · unguarded
bent
Curved; also dishonest
crushed · flattened · mangled · distorted · buckled · crumpled · wrenched · forced · broken · misshapen
- opennessopen, openness, transparent, transparency, accessible
- resting positionslie down, lie flat, recline, repose, prone
- furniture partsleg, rail, seat cushion, armrest, back
- body positionslying down, flat, upright, standing, sitting
- palmlikefronds, fan-shaped, feathery, palmate, spreading
splayedclosed
Not accessible now
gathered · contracted · together · converged · parallel
splayedstraight
Not curved or crooked
parallel · aligned · pigeon-toed · converging · perpendicular
splayedcompact
Tightly packed together
compressed · contained · tight · constricted · retracted