Synonyms for spread-eagle

Synonyms for (verb) spread-eagle

Synonyms: spread-eagle

Definition: stretch out completely

Usage: They spread-eagled him across the floor

Similar words: extend, stretch

Definition: extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body

Usage: Stretch your legs!; Extend your right arm above your head


Synonyms: rout, spread-eagle, spreadeagle

Definition: defeat disastrously

Similar words: trounce, crush, vanquish, shell, beat, beat out

Definition: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

Usage: Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship; We beat the competition; Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game


Synonyms: spread-eagle

Definition: stand with arms and legs spread out

Similar words: sprawl

Definition: sit or lie with one's limbs spread out


Synonyms: spread-eagle

Definition: execute a spread eagle on skates, with arms and legs stretched out

Similar words: figure skate

Definition: dance on skates


Synonyms: spread-eagle

Definition: stretch over

Usage: His residences spread-eagle the entire county

Similar words: range, straddle

Definition: range or extend over; occupy a certain area

Usage: The plants straddle the entire state


Synonyms for (adj) spread-eagle

Synonyms: spread-eagle

Definition: with arms and legs stretched out and apart

Usage: lay spread-eagle on the floor

Similar words: extended

Definition: fully extended or stretched forth

Usage: an extended telescope; his extended legs reached almost across the small room; refused to accept the extended hand


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