splay: Meaning and Definition of

splay

1. to spread out, expand, or extend.
2. to form with an oblique angle; make slanting; bevel.
3. to make with a splay or splays.
4. to disjoin; dislocate.

1. to have an oblique or slanting direction.
2. to spread or flare.

1. a surface that makes an oblique angle with another, as where the opening through a wall for a window or door widens from the window or door proper toward the face of the wall.

1. spread out; wide and flat; turned outward.
2. clumsy or awkward.
3. oblique or awry.