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spread-eagle

adjective2

  1. Lying with arms and legs outstretched and separated.
  2. (US, old-fashioned) Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; bombastic.

verb2

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

spread eagle noun2

  1. A position of the body involving full extension of the limbs with both fore- and hind-limbs spread wide, usually referring to humans or heraldic eagles.
  2. A move in which a skater glides on both feet, the toes turned out to the sides, heels facing each other.
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spread-eagled · spread-eagling · spread-eagles · spread eagles · more spread-eagle · most spread-eagle

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