to lie or sit with arms and legs spread out carelessly or awkwardly

sprawling in an armchair

to spread or develop irregularly over a landscape, etc

The city sprawls all over the hillside

(often + out) to cause (one's limbs or body) to spread out

She glowered at the rows of feckless bodies that lay sprawled in the chairs — Willa Cather

a sprawling position

She landed in an undignified sprawl

an irregular spreading mass or group

the sprawl of holiday chalets