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sprawling |
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]: sprawling adj 1: spread out irregularly; "sat sprawled in the big armchair"; "the sprawling suburbs"; "a big sprawly city" [syn: {sprawled}, {sprawly}] 2: spreading out carelessly (as if wandering) in different directions; "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair" [syn: {straggling}, {straggly}] n : an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about [syn: {sprawl}]
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