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spread-eagles

spread-eagles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of spread-eagle.

Meaning of spread-eagle

Verb

spread-eagle (third-person singular simple present spread-eagles, present participle spread-eagling, simple past and past participle spread-eagled)

  1. (transitive) To put into a spread-eagle position, with arms and legs extended and spread.
  2. (intransitive) To put one's body in a spread eagle.

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Questions about spread-eagles

What is spread-eagles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Spread-eagles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of spread-eagle.

Words near spread-eagles in the dictionary

  1. spread the bed
  2. spread the word
  3. spread-eagle
  4. spread-eagled
  5. spread-eagleism
  6. spread-eagles
  7. spread-eagling
  8. spreadabilities
  9. spreadability
  10. spreadable
  11. spreadables

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