Associations to the word «Sprawl»

Wiktionary

SPRAWL, verb. To sit with the limbs spread out.
SPRAWL, verb. To spread out in a disorderly fashion; to straggle.
SPRAWL, noun. An ungainly sprawling posture.
SPRAWL, noun. A straggling, haphazard growth, especially of housing on the edge of a city.

Dictionary definition

SPRAWL, noun. An aggregation or continuous network of urban communities.
SPRAWL, noun. An ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about.
SPRAWL, verb. Sit or lie with one's limbs spread out.
SPRAWL, verb. Go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches straggling out quite far".

Wise words

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