spread-eagle

1. (verb) stretch out completely; "They spread-eagled him across the floor"
Related Words: extend, stretch

2. (verb) defeat disastrously
Synonyms: rout, spreadeagle
Related Words: beat, beat out, crush, trounce, vanquish

3. (verb) stand with arms and legs spread out
Related Words: sprawl

4. (verb) execute a spread eagle, with arms and legs stretched out
Related Words: figure skate

5. (satellite adjective) with arms and legs stretched out and apart; "lay spread-eagle on the floor"

6. (verb) stretch over; "His residences spread-eagle the entire county"
Related Words: range, straddle



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