spread-eagle

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Lying with arms and legs outstretched and separated.
2. (colloquial, humorous) Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; bombastic.

Verb

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

Sinonieme

stretch

spreadeagle

spread out

spread

extend

reach

step up

anoint

augment

unfold

unfurl

unroll

adulterate

apply

magnify

dilute

enlarge

expand

stretch out

rout

grease

increase

smear

aggrandize

bush out

branch out

carry

come

fork

layout

lay out

lick

poke out

radiate

range

ranter

reach out

run

run out

sprawl

stretch along

Vertalings

ausstrecken

escampar

ajaure

estirar

ungir

untar

estendre

ampliar

aufhängen

aufspannen

🗜️

ausbreiten

ausdehnen

auslegen

ausspannen

auswerfen

Etimologie (Engels)

From splayed-eagle (in heraldry), splayed + eagle.