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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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