"spread-eagle" meaning in English

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "spreadeagleism"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "splayed-eagle"
      },
      "expansion": "splayed-eagle",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "(in heraldry)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "splay",
        "3": "splayed"
      },
      "expansion": "splayed",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "eagle"
      },
      "expansion": "eagle",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From splayed-eagle (in heraldry), splayed + eagle.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more spread-eagle",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most spread-eagle",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "spread-eagle (comparative more spread-eagle, superlative most spread-eagle)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "46 15 36 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Lying with arms and legs outstretched and separated."
      ],
      "id": "en-spread-eagle-en-adj-1x4Ns8Hf",
      "links": [
        [
          "outstretched",
          "outstretched"
        ],
        [
          "separated",
          "separated"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a spread-eagle orator"
        },
        {
          "text": "a spread-eagle speech"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; bombastic."
      ],
      "id": "en-spread-eagle-en-adj-WvcYmeSF",
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "pretentious",
          "pretentious"
        ],
        [
          "boastful",
          "boastful"
        ],
        [
          "exaggerated",
          "exaggerated"
        ],
        [
          "bombastic",
          "bombastic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, humorous) Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; bombastic."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "humorous"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spread-eagle"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "splayed-eagle"
      },
      "expansion": "splayed-eagle",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "in heraldry"
      },
      "expansion": "(in heraldry)",
      "name": "qualifier"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "splay",
        "3": "splayed"
      },
      "expansion": "splayed",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "eagle"
      },
      "expansion": "eagle",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From splayed-eagle (in heraldry), splayed + eagle.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spread-eagles",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spread-eagling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spread-eagled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spread-eagled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "spread-eagle (third-person singular simple present spread-eagles, present participle spread-eagling, simple past and past participle spread-eagled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To put into a spread-eagle position, with arms and legs extended and spread."
      ],
      "id": "en-spread-eagle-en-verb-elZgnLGI",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To put into a spread-eagle position, with arms and legs extended and spread."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "Lying with arms and legs outstretched and separated",
          "word": "whakaineine"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "Lying with arms and legs outstretched and separated",
          "word": "tīwhera"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To put one's body in a spread eagle."
      ],
      "id": "en-spread-eagle-en-verb-9K-syhwS",
      "links": [
        [
          "spread eagle",
          "spread eagle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To put one's body in a spread eagle."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spread-eagle"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "spreadeagleism"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "splayed-eagle"
      },
      "expansion": "splayed-eagle",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "in heraldry"
      },
      "expansion": "(in heraldry)",
      "name": "qualifier"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "splay",
        "3": "splayed"
      },
      "expansion": "splayed",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "eagle"
      },
      "expansion": "eagle",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From splayed-eagle (in heraldry), splayed + eagle.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more spread-eagle",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most spread-eagle",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "spread-eagle (comparative more spread-eagle, superlative most spread-eagle)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Lying with arms and legs outstretched and separated."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "outstretched",
          "outstretched"
        ],
        [
          "separated",
          "separated"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English colloquialisms",
        "English humorous terms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a spread-eagle orator"
        },
        {
          "text": "a spread-eagle speech"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; bombastic."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "pretentious",
          "pretentious"
        ],
        [
          "boastful",
          "boastful"
        ],
        [
          "exaggerated",
          "exaggerated"
        ],
        [
          "bombastic",
          "bombastic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, humorous) Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; bombastic."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "humorous"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spread-eagle"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
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      },
      "expansion": "splayed-eagle",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "in heraldry"
      },
      "expansion": "(in heraldry)",
      "name": "qualifier"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "splay",
        "3": "splayed"
      },
      "expansion": "splayed",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "eagle"
      },
      "expansion": "eagle",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From splayed-eagle (in heraldry), splayed + eagle.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spread-eagles",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spread-eagling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spread-eagled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spread-eagled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "spread-eagle (third-person singular simple present spread-eagles, present participle spread-eagling, simple past and past participle spread-eagled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To put into a spread-eagle position, with arms and legs extended and spread."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To put into a spread-eagle position, with arms and legs extended and spread."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To put one's body in a spread eagle."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spread eagle",
          "spread eagle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To put one's body in a spread eagle."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Lying with arms and legs outstretched and separated",
      "word": "whakaineine"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Lying with arms and legs outstretched and separated",
      "word": "tīwhera"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spread-eagle"
}