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spreadeagle


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spread-eagle  \Spread"-ea`gle\,  a. 
  Characterized  by  a  pretentious,  boastful,  exaggerated  style; 
  defiantly  or  extravagantly  bombastic;  as  a  spread-eagle 
  orator;  a  spread-eagle  speech.  [Colloq.&  Humorous] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  spread-eagle 
  adj  :  with  arms  and  legs  stretched  out  and  apart;  "lay 
  spread-eagle  on  the  floor" 
  v  1:  stretch  out  completely;  "They  spread-eagled  him  across  the 
  floor" 
  2:  stretch  over  "His  residences  spread-eagle  the  entire 
  county" 
  3:  execute  a  spread  eagle,  with  arms  and  legs  stretched  out 
  4:  stand  with  arms  and  legs  spread  out 
  5:  defeat  disastrously  [syn:  {spreadeagle},  {rout}] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  spreadeagle 
  v  :  defeat  disastrously  [syn:  {spread-eagle},  {rout}] 




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