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Definition of Sprawls
1. n. pl. Small branches of a tree; twigs; sprays.
Definition of Sprawls
1. Verb. (third-person singular of sprawl) ¹
2. Noun. (UK dialect) Small branches of a tree; twigs; sprays. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sprawls
1. sprawl [v] - See also: sprawl
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sprawls
Literary usage of Sprawls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1905)
"And all the while Mr. Zang- will is methodically spilling jar after jar of the
Golden Syrup aforesaid, and smiling bitterly, while the public sprawls and ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"when he sprawls with arms and legs in the mere enjoyment of life. The utterance
so associated with the muscular action of the child sounds in the ear of the ..."
3. The Army and Navy Magazine (1883)
"... "Where, rom the Gardens up to Grosvenor Gate, In low-hung landaus Beauty sails
in state; Where bronze Achilles in his corner sprawls To where, ..."
4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1909)
"The condition of the mortgage having been broken, the defendant sprawls was ...
Before the seizure, sprawls went to plaintiff and demanded payment of the ..."
5. The State Records of North Carolina by North Carolina, Walter Clark, William Laurence Saunders, Stephen Beauregard Weeks (1907)
"Afrs. sprawls and the negroes some distance in the woods. Besides this, information
was received this morning that another party consisting of about fOU men ..."
6. Quality Determinants Of Mammography: Clinical Practice Guideline by Lawrence W. Bassett, R. Edward Hendrick (2004)
"... McSweeney, and sprawls, 1983). Because the visibility of grid lines in the
image may obscure minute calcifications or interfere with the interpretation, ..."
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