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SPREAD EAGLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A skating figure executed with the skates heel to heel in a straight line
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("spread eagle" is a kind of...):
figure (a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An emblem (an eagle with wings and legs spread) on the obverse of the Great Seal of the United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("spread eagle" is a kind of...):
allegory; emblem (a visible symbol representing an abstract idea)
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