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- DictionarySprawl/sprôl/
verb
- 1. sit, lie, or fall with one's arms and legs spread out in an ungainly or awkward way: "the door shot open, sending him sprawling across the pavement"
noun
- 1. an ungainly or carelessly relaxed position in which one's arms and legs are spread out: "she fell into a sort of luxurious sprawl"
1. ( intr) to sit or lie in an ungainly manner with one's limbs spread out. 2. to fall down or knock down with the limbs spread out in an ungainly way. 3. to spread out or cause to spread out in a straggling fashion: his handwriting sprawled all over the paper. n. 4. the act or an instance of sprawling.
Definitions of sprawl. verb. sit or lie with one's limbs spread out. see more. verb. go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way. synonyms: straggle. see more. noun. an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about. synonyms: sprawling. see more. noun. an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities.
Definition of sprawl verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
3 days ago · sprawl ( countable and uncountable, plural sprawls) An ungainly sprawling posture. A straggling, haphazard growth, especially of housing on the edge of a city . ( wrestling, martial arts) A defensive technique that is done in response to certain takedown attempts, where one scoots the legs backwards so as to land on the upper back of the opponent.
2 days ago · sprawl in British English. (sprɔːl ) verb. 1. (intransitive) to sit or lie in an ungainly manner with one's limbs spread out. 2. to fall down or knock down with the limbs spread out in an ungainly way. 3. to spread out or cause to spread out in a straggling fashion.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English sprawl1 /sprɔːl $ sprɒːl/ (also sprawl out) verb [ intransitive always + adverb/preposition] 1 to lie or sit with your arms or legs stretched out in a lazy or careless way He sprawled out on the sofa.
to sit or lie in a relaxed, untidy position with your arms and legs stretched out: He sprawled out on the sofa. sprawlverb[I] (BUILDINGS) to cover a large area, often in a way which is not tidy or not planned: sprawling suburbs. noun [ U ] urban sprawl. (Definition of sprawl from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
