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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sprawl \Sprawl\ (spr[add]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sprawled}
(spr[add]ld); p. pr & vb n. {Sprawling}.] [OE. spraulen
cf Sw sprattla to sprawl, dial. Sw spralla Dan.
sp[ae]lle, spr[ae]lde, D. spartelen spertelen to flounder,
to struggle.]
1. To spread and stretch the body or limbs carelessly in a
horizontal position; to lie with the limbs stretched out
ungracefully.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
sprawl
n : an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about [syn: {sprawling}]
v 1: sit or lie with one's limbs spread out
2: go come or spread in a rambling or irregular way
"Branches straggling out quite far" [syn: {straggle}]
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