"spread-eagle" meaning in English

See spread-eagle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-spread-eagle.wav Forms: more spread-eagle [comparative], most spread-eagle [superlative]
Etymology: From splayed-eagle (in heraldry), splayed + eagle. Etymology templates: {{qualifier|in heraldry}} (in heraldry) Head templates: {{en-adj}} spread-eagle (comparative more spread-eagle, superlative most spread-eagle)
  1. Lying with arms and legs outstretched and separated.
    Sense id: en-spread-eagle-en-adj-1x4Ns8Hf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Maori translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 13 36 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 12 34 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 12 36 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 12 36 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 44 18 31 7
  2. (colloquial, humorous) Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; bombastic. Tags: colloquial, humorous
    Sense id: en-spread-eagle-en-adj-WvcYmeSF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: spreadeagleism

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-spread-eagle.wav Forms: spread-eagles [present, singular, third-person], spread-eagling [participle, present], spread-eagled [participle, past], spread-eagled [past]
Etymology: From splayed-eagle (in heraldry), splayed + eagle. Etymology templates: {{qualifier|in heraldry}} (in heraldry) Head templates: {{en-verb}} spread-eagle (third-person singular simple present spread-eagles, present participle spread-eagling, simple past and past participle spread-eagled)
  1. (transitive) To put into a spread-eagle position, with arms and legs extended and spread. Tags: transitive Translations (Lying with arms and legs outstretched and separated): whakaineine (Maori), tīwhera (Maori)
    Sense id: en-spread-eagle-en-verb-elZgnLGI Disambiguation of 'Lying with arms and legs outstretched and separated': 96 4
  2. (intransitive) To put one's body in a spread eagle. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-spread-eagle-en-verb-9K-syhwS

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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