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sprawled
sprawl S0668900 (sprôl)v. sprawled, sprawl·ing, sprawls v.intr.1. To sit or lie with the body and limbs spread out awkwardly.2. To spread out in a straggling or disordered fashion: untidy tenements sprawling toward the river.v.tr. To cause to spread out in a straggling or disordered fashion.n.1. A sprawling position or posture.2. A usually disorderly or haphazard mass, array, or extension: a sprawl of outbuildings; urban sprawl.
[Middle English sprawlen, from Old English sprēawlian, to writhe; see sper- in Indo-European roots.]
sprawl′er n.sprawled (sprɔːld) adjsitting or lying in an ungainly manner with one's limbs spread outTranslationsEncyclopediaSeesprawl |