English Dictionary

starfish

/ˈstɑː(ɹ)fɪʃ/

verb

(intransitive) To assume a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish. / (transitive) To form into a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish.

The starfish spread out its arms as it moved across the ocean floor.

意味（1）

(intransitive) To assume a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish.

Oh you damn bastard, why won't you let anybody love you, and then, before I could stop her, she threw herself between us and the glowing suitcase, starfishing in the blaze of light as he blew up.

意味（2）

(transitive) To form into a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish.

The sea roared up her nostrils, tunnelled into her ears, and flung her forward, then back, the current pulling her fingers apart, starfishing her hands.