lithe vs splay

lithe

adj
  • Slim but not skinny. 

  • Adaptable. 

  • Capable of being easily bent; flexible. 

noun
  • Shelter. 

verb
  • To listen to, hearken to. 

splay

adj
  • Flat and ungainly. 

  • Spread out; turned outward. 

verb
  • To dislocate, as a shoulder bone. 

  • To spread; spread out. 

  • To turn on one side; to render oblique; to slope or slant, as the side of a door, window, etc. 

  • To rearrange (a splay tree) so that a desired element is placed at the root. 

noun
  • A slope or bevel, especially of the sides of a door or window, by which the opening is made larger at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them. 

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