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| sprawl [ sprawl ] |
intransitive verb (3rd person present singular sprawls, present participle sprawling, past and past participle sprawled) |
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1. sit or lie awkwardly: to sit or lie with the arms and legs spread awkwardly in different directions
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2. extend in disordered way: to extend over or across something in a disordered, awkward, or ugly way
  handwritten notes sprawled across the page
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noun (plural sprawls) |
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1. awkward sitting or lying position: a sitting or lying position in which the arms and legs are spread out awkwardly
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2. unchecked growth of urban area: the scattered, unplanned, and unchecked expansion of a town or city into the surrounding countryside
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3. urbanized areas on city's edge: the urbanized areas on the edge of a town or city that have developed as a result of unplanned and unchecked expansion
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| [ Old English sprēawlian 'move convulsively' < Indo-European, 'strew'] |
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| sprawler noun |
| sprawling adjective |
| sprawly adjective |
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