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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: spread-eagle adj
Also: spread-eagled - lying or standing with arms and legs outstretched
vb - to assume or cause to assume the shape of a spread eagle
- (intransitive) to execute a spread eagle
ˈspread-ˈea•gle, adj., v., -gled, -gling. adj. [before a noun] - having or suggesting the form of an eagle with outstretched wings.
v. [~ + object] - to stretch out in a spread-eagle position:He was spread-eagled on the floor when the police found him.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024spread′ ea′gle, - a representation of an eagle with outspread wings: used as an emblem of the U.S.
- Sportan acrobatic figure in skating performed by making a glide with the skates touching heel-to-heel in a straight line and with the arms outstretched.
- Sportan acrobatic stunt in ski jumping executed with the legs and arms widely outstretched to the sides.
spread-ea•gle (spred′ē′gəl),USA pronunciation adj., v., -gled, -gling. adj. - having or suggesting the form of a spread eagle.
- lying prone with arms and legs outstretched.
- boastful or bombastic, esp. in the display of patriotic or nationalistic pride in the U.S.
v.t. - to stretch out (something) in the manner of a spread eagle.
v.i. - to assume the position or perform the acrobatic figure of a spread eagle:The skater spread-eagled across the rink.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: spread eagle n - the representation of an eagle with outstretched wings, used as an emblem of the US
- an acrobatic skating figure
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