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spread-eagle
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verb
1. stretch out completely (Freq. 1)
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They spread-eagled him across the floor

• Hypernyms: ↑stretch, ↑extend
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

2. stretch over
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His residences spread-eagle the entire county

• Hypernyms: ↑range, ↑straddle
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s something

3. execute a spread eagle on skates, with arms and legs stretched out
• Topics: ↑sport, ↑athletics
• Hypernyms: ↑figure skate
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

4. stand with arms and legs spread out
• Hypernyms: ↑sprawl
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

5. defeat disastrously
• Syn: ↑spreadeagle, ↑rout
• Derivationally related forms: ↑rout (for: ↑rout)
• Hypernyms: ↑beat, ↑beat out, ↑crush, ↑shell, ↑trounce, ↑vanquish
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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The fighter managed to spread-eagle his opponent

II
adjective
with arms and legs stretched out and apart
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lay spread-eagle on the floor

• Similar to: ↑extended

Useful english dictionary. 2012.