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Definition of Sprawl
1. Verb. Sit or lie with one's limbs spread out. "There sprawl some children in the rocking chair"
Specialized synonyms: Spread-eagle
Derivative terms: Sprawler, Sprawling
2. Noun. An aggregation or continuous network of urban communities.
Specialized synonyms: Subtopia
Generic synonyms: Populated Area, Urban Area
Specialized synonyms: Luda, Luta
3. Verb. Go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way. ; "Branches straggling out quite far"
4. Noun. An ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about.
Definition of Sprawl
1. v. i. To spread and stretch the body or limbs carelessly in a horizontal position; to lie with the limbs stretched out ungracefully.
Definition of Sprawl
1. Verb. To sit with the limbs spread out. ¹
2. Verb. To spread out in a disorderly fashion; to straggle. ¹
3. Noun. An ungainly sprawling posture. ¹
4. Noun. A straggling, haphazard growth, especially of housing on the edge of a city. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sprawl
1. to stretch out ungracefully [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Sprawl
1. 1. To spread and stretch the body or limbs carelessly in a horizontal position; to lie with the limbs stretched out ungracefully. 2. To spread irregularly, as vines, plants, or tress; to spread ungracefully, as chirography. 3. To move, when lying down, with awkward extension and motions of the limbs; to scramble in creeping. "The birds were not fledged; but upon sprawling and struggling to get clear of the flame, down they tumbled." (L'Estrange) Origin: OE. Spraulen; cf. Sw. Sprattla to sprawl, dial. Sw. Spralla, Dan. Spaelle, spraelde, D. Spartelen, spertelen, to flounder, to struggle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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