SkyfireDict

spread eagle   (TTS Sound)

The noun spread eagle has 2 senses

• spread eagle -- (an emblem (an eagle with wings and legs spread) on the obverse of the Great Seal of the United States)


• spread eagle -- (a skating figure executed with the skates heel to heel in a straight line)

The verb spread-eagle has 5 senses

• spread-eagle -- (stretch out completely; "They spread-eagled him across the floor")


• spread-eagle -- (stretch over; "His residences spread-eagle the entire county")


• spread-eagle -- (execute a spread eagle on skates, with arms and legs stretched out)


• spread-eagle -- (stand with arms and legs spread out)


• spread-eagle, spreadeagle, rout -- (defeat disastrously)

The adj spread-eagle has 1 sense

• spread-eagle -- (with arms and legs stretched out and apart; "lay spread-eagle on the floor")