Sprawl

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To sit or lie with the body and limbs spread out awkwardly.
  • verb-intransitive. To spread out in a straggling or disordered fashion: untidy tenements sprawling toward the river.
  • v. To cause to spread out in a straggling or disordered fashion.
  • n. A sprawling position or posture.
  • n. Haphazard growth or extension outward, especially that resulting from real estate development on the outskirts of a city: urban sprawl.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To sit with the limbs spread out.
  • v. To spread out in a disorderly fashion; to straggle.
  • n. An ungainly sprawling posture.
  • n. A straggling, haphazard growth, especially of housing on the edge of a city.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To spread and stretch the body or limbs carelessly in a horizontal position; to lie with the limbs stretched out ungracefully.
  • verb-intransitive. To spread irregularly, as vines, plants, or trees; to spread ungracefully, as chirography.
  • verb-intransitive. To move, when lying down, with awkward extension and motions of the limbs; to scramble in creeping.
  • n. The position or state resulting from sprawling.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To toss the limbs about; work the arms and legs convulsively; in general, to struggle convulsively.
  • To work one's way awkwardly along with the aid. of all the limbs; crawl or scramble.
  • To be spread out in an ungraceful posture; be stretched out carelessly and awkwardly.
  • To have an irregular, spreading form or outline; straggle: said of handwriting, vines, etc.
  • To widen or open irregularly, as a body of cavalry.
  • To spread out ungracefully.
  • n. The act of sprawling.
  • n. A sprawling posture; an awkward recumbent attitude: as, to be stretched out in a careless sprawl.
  • n. Motion; activity.
  • n. A small twig or branch of a tree; a spray.
  • n. Ability to spread one's self or to make a show or ‘splurge’; ‘go.’
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way
  • n. an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities
  • n. an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about
  • v. sit or lie with one's limbs spread out
  • Verb Form
    sprawled    sprawling    sprawls   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    distribute    spread    position    attitude    posture   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    scramble    spread   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ball    Fall    Gaul    Hall    Montreal    Nepal    Paul    Raul    Saul    Senegal   
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