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Word: spread-eagle (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Lying with arms and legs out-stretched and separated.

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Adverb:

  • With arms and legs extended and spread.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To put one's body in a spread eagle.
  • transitive To put into a spread-eagle position, with arms and legs extended and spread.

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