splaying
Spreading wide apart
Splaying is spreading outward or apart, typically from a central point.
Fingers splay when stretched wide; toes splay under weight.
Structural elements splay when they angle outward: splaying walls, splaying window frames.
The word suggests ungainly or awkward spreading: He lay splaying across the couch.
Appendages of the hand
- toesPedal digits
- limbsBody's major appendages
- legsLocomotion appendages below torso
- feetLower limbs' ends
hands · digits · joints · knees · elbows · hips · shoulders · paws
fingers
Appendages of the hand
feet · hands · digits · joints · knees · elbows · hips · shoulders · paws · hooves
diverge
Separate into directions
extend · stretch · open · separate · unfold · outstretch · flare · widen · spread-eagle · straddle
bevel
Sloped edge or cut
tapered · widening · door-frame · reveal · embrasure · casing · trim · molding · plaster · masonry
- size changesenlarge, enlargement, expand, expansion, shrink
splayingclosing
Final stage of something
converging · gathering · contracting · narrowing · folding
splayinggathering
Collection of people meeting
collecting · consolidating · concentrating · clustering · grouping