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Spearing
- verb - pierce with a spear; "spear fish"
- thrust up like a spear; "The branch speared up into the air"
Splaying
- verb - move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"
- spread open or apart; "He splayed his huge hands over the table"
- turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"
Spraying
- verb - a quantity of small objects flying through the air; "a spray of bullets"
- be discharged in sprays of liquid; "Water sprayed all over the floor"
- cover by spraying with a liquid; "spray the wall with paint"
- scatter in a mass or jet of droplets; "spray water on someone"; "spray paint on the wall"
- the application of a liquid in the form of small particles ejected from a sprayer
- the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft)
Squaring
- verb - be compatible with; "one idea squares with another"
- cause to match, as of ideas or acts
- make square; "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file"
- pay someone and settle a debt; "I squared with him"
- position so as to be square; "He squared his shoulders"
- raise to the second power
- turn the oar, while rowing
- turn the paddle; in canoeing
Squarish
- adjective - somewhat square in appearance or form
Squatina
- noun - type genus of the Squatinidae: angel sharks
Steadied
- adjective - made steady or constant; "the noise became a steadied roaring"
- make steady; "steady yourself"
- support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace; "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel"
Steadier
- adjective - marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable; "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty"
- not easily excited or upset; "steady nerves"
- not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall; "stocks are still firm"
- not subject to change or variation especially in behavior; "a steady beat"; "a steady job"; "a steady breeze"; "a steady increase"; "a good steady ballplayer"
- relating to a person who does something regularly; "a regular customer"; "a steady drinker"
- securely in position; not shaky; "held the ladder steady"
Steadies
- noun - a person loved by another person
- make steady; "steady yourself"
- support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace; "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel"
Steadily
- adverb - at a steady rate or pace; "his interest eroded steadily"
- in a steady manner; "he could still walk steadily"