Associations to the word «Sprawling»

Wiktionary

SPRAWLING, verb. Present participle of sprawl
SPRAWLING, adjective. That sprawls
SPRAWLING, adjective. Expansive; extensive
SPRAWLING, noun. The act of one who sprawls.

Dictionary definition

SPRAWLING, noun. An ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about.
SPRAWLING, adjective. Spreading out in different directions; "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne