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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]: 
 
  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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