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spread-eagled

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spread-ea·gle (sprdgl)
adj.
1. Positioned with the arms and legs stretched out.
2. Informal Full of patriotic or jingoistic rhetoric.
v. spread-ea·gled, spread-ea·gling, spread-ea·gles
v.tr.
To place in a spread-eagle position, especially as a means of punishment.
v.intr.
1. To assume a spread-eagle position.
2. To make a grandiloquent, patriotic speech.
spread-eagled
Adjective
with arms and legs outstretched
Translations
spread-eagled [ˈsprɛdiːgld] adj to be spread-eagled → estar despatarrado
spread-eagled [ˈsprɛdiːgld] adj to be or lie spread-eagled → être étendu(e) bras et jambes écartés
spread-eagled [ˈsprɛdiːgld] spread adj → mit ausgestreckten Armen und Beinen;
to be or lie spread-eagled spread → mit ausgestreckten Armen und Beinen daliegen
spread-eagled [ˈsprɛdiːgld] adj to be or lie spread-eagled → essere disteso/a a gambe e braccia aperte


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