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Antonyms for spread-eagle

Grammar : Verb
Spell : spred-ee-guh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsprɛdˌi gəl

Definition of spread-eagle

Origin :
  • literally "splayed eagle," 1560s, a heraldic term; the figure is that of the seal of the United States (hence spreadeagleism "extravagant laudation of the U.S.," 1858). Meaning "person secured with arms and legs stretched out" (originally to be flogged) is attested from 1785.
  • verb sprawl
Example sentences :
  • The ball-room was in the third story of the Spread-Eagle Hotel.
  • Extract from : « The Blunders of a Bashful Man » by Metta Victoria Fuller Victor
  • Two or three of them, in fact, to spread-eagle whatever it is.
  • Extract from : « Skylark Three » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • "Shuffle and spread-eagle them again, for luck," Carney suggested.
  • Extract from : « Bulldog Carney » by W. A. Fraser
  • You can't leave your country without taking the spread-eagle with you!
  • Extract from : « An American Girl Abroad » by Adeline Trafton
  • The paper bore our Florentine water-mark, and was written with a Spread-Eagle. '
  • Extract from : « Miss Cayley's Adventures » by Grant Allen
  • On the contrary his vision is often of the spread-eagle sort.
  • Extract from : « The Evolution of the Country Community » by Warren H. Wilson
  • It was the age of "spread-eagle" speeches, and many of Benton's were no exception to the rule.
  • Extract from : « Thomas Hart Benton » by Theodore Roosevelt
  • No "spread-eagle" politician even conceived what will be sure to come.
  • Extract from : « Beacon Lights of History, Volume VI » by John Lord
  • Crest / an American or spread-eagle bearing the union-jack displayed, over all a sun in splendour which never sets.
  • Extract from : « "Mr Punch's" Book of Arms » by Edward Tennyson Reed
  • But if Emetic could not spread-eagle the field, she could set a pace that would try the stamina and lungs of Pegasus.
  • Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson

Synonyms for spread-eagle

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