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View usage for: (sprɔːl) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense sprawls, present participle sprawling, past tense, past participle sprawled1. verbIf you sprawl somewhere, you sit or lie down with your legs and arms spread out in a careless way. She sprawled on the bed as he had left her, not even moving to cover herself up. [VERB preposition/adverb] They sprawled in lawn chairs, snoozing. [VERB preposition/adverb] He locked his knee against the man's inner thigh and sent him sprawling to the ground. [VERB preposition] Synonyms: loll, slump, lounge, flop More Synonyms of sprawl Sprawl out means the same as sprawl. He would take two aspirin and sprawl out on his bed. [VERB PARTICLE preposition] 3. verbIf you say that a place sprawls, you mean that it covers a large area of land. The State Recreation Area sprawls over 900 acres. [VERB preposition] If we continue to sprawl across the land, we're in for a terrible future. [VERB preposition] The sprawling city contained some 4m people. [VERB-ing] 4. uncountable nounYou can use sprawl to refer to an area where a city has grown outwards in an uncontrolled way. The whole urban sprawl of Ankara contains over 2.6m people. 5. verbIf something sprawls, its structure is disorganized or it lacks direction. Boylan plays with language, letting the prose sprawl about. [VERB adverb] He keeps forgetting the words and the song is a sprawling mess. [VERB-ing] sprawl in British English (sprɔːl) verb1. (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 his handwriting sprawled all over the paper noun4. the act or an instance of sprawling 5. a sprawling posture or arrangement of items 6. a. the urban area formed by the expansion of a town or city into surrounding countryside the urban sprawl b. the process by which this has happened Derived forms sprawler (ˈsprawler) noun sprawly (ˈsprawly) adjective Word origin Old English spreawlian; related to Old English spryttan to sprout, spurt, Greek speirein to scatter sprawl in American English (sprɔl) intransitive verb1. to be stretched or spread out in an unnatural or ungraceful manner The puppy's legs sprawled in all directions 2. to sit or lie in a relaxed position with the limbs spread out carelessly or ungracefully He sprawled across the bed 3. to spread out, extend, or be distributed in a straggling or irregular manner, as vines, buildings, handwriting, etc 4. to crawl awkwardly with the aid of all the limbs; scramble transitive verb5. to stretch out (the limbs) as in sprawling 6. to spread out or distribute in a straggling manner noun7. the act or an instance of sprawling; a sprawling posture 8. a straggling array of something Derived forms sprawler noun Word origin [bef. 1000; ME spraulen to move awkwardly, OE spreawlian; c. Fris (N dial.) spraweli]Examples of 'sprawl' in a sentencesprawl British English: sprawl VERB If you sprawl somewhere, you sit or lie down with your legs and arms spread out in a careless way. He sprawled on the sofa. - American English: sprawl
- Brazilian Portuguese: esparramar-se
- Chinese: 伸开四肢坐着
- European Spanish: tumbarse
- French: s'affaler
- German: sich ausstrecken
- Italian: stravaccarsi
- Japanese: 大の字に寝そべる
- Korean: 팔다리를 아무렇게나 벌리고 앉다
- European Portuguese: esparramar-se
- Latin American Spanish: tirarse
British English: sprawl NOUN You can use sprawl to refer to an area where a city has grown outwards in an uncontrolled way. The whole urban sprawl of of the city contains over 2.6 million people. - American English: sprawl
- Brazilian Portuguese: expansão
- Chinese: 扩张
- European Spanish: expansión descontrolada
- French: développement tentaculaire
- German: Ausbreitung
- Italian: zona sviluppatasi in modo incontrollato
- Japanese: スプロール現象
- Korean: 무질서하게 뻗어나간 지역
- European Portuguese: expansão
- Latin American Spanish: expansión descontrolada
Chinese translation of 'sprawl' vi - [person]
伸开(開)四肢躺/坐 (shēnkāi sìzhī tǎng/zuò) - [place]
扩(擴)展 (kuòzhǎn)
n (u) urban sprawl 城镇(鎮)漫无(無)计(計)划(劃)的扩(擴)展 (chéngzhèn mànwú jìhuà de kuòzhǎn)
to send sb sprawling 把某人摔趴在地上 (bǎ mǒurén shuāipā zài dìshang) Definition to sit or lie with one's arms and legs spread out She sprawled on the bed, not even moving to cover herself up. Additional synonymsDefinition to fall or move with a sudden noise She flopped, exhausted, onto a sofa. Synonyms slump, fall, drop, collapse, sink, tumble, toppleDefinition to pass time lazily or idly They ate and drank and lounged in the shade. Synonyms relax, pass time, hang out (informal), idle, loaf, potter, sprawl, lie about, waste time, recline, take it easy, saunter, loiter, loll, dawdle, laze, kill time, make yourself at home, veg out (slang), outspan (South Africa), fritter time away Definition to rest in a leaning position She proceeded to recline on a chaise longue. Synonyms lean, lie (down), stretch out, lie back, rest, lounge, sprawl, loll, repose, be recumbent Additional synonymsDefinition to sit, stand, or move with a drooping posture She had recently begun to slouch over her typewriter. Synonyms lounge, slump, flop, sprawl, stoop, droop, loll, leanDefinition to sink or fall heavily and suddenly I closed the door and slumped into a chair. Synonyms sag, collapse, sink, flop, fall, bend, hunch, droop, slouch, loll, plonk yourself |