sprawlverb
uk/sprɔːl/us/sprɑːl/disapprovingsprawl verb (BODY)
[ I ] to spread the arms and legs out carelessly and untidily while sitting or lying down:
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Reclining
- fallen
- full-length
- lain
- lay
- lean
- lean (sth) against/on sth
- lie around
- lounge
- lounge around (sth)
- recline
- recumbent
- repose
- sink
- sit
- stretch
- stretch (yourself) out
- sup
- supinate
- supination
- supine
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sprawl verb (CITY)
[ I usually + adv/prep ] (especially of a city) to cover a large area of land with buildings that have been added at different times so that it looks untidy:
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Spreading and scattering
- all over the place idiom
- bedaub
- bestrew
- billow
- circulate
- fan out
- go round (somewhere)
- go/do the rounds idiom
- percolate
- radial
- radiate
- slap
- spread
- spread out
- sprinkling
- straggle
- stretch
- strew
- suffuse
- sweep
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sprawlnoun
uk/sprɔːl/us/sprɑːl/disapprovingsprawl noun (BODY)
[ U ] a position with the arms and legs spread out carelessly and untidily while sitting or lying down
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Reclining
- fallen
- full-length
- lain
- lay
- lean
- lean (sth) against/on sth
- lie around
- lounge
- lounge around (sth)
- recline
- recumbent
- repose
- sink
- sit
- stretch
- stretch (yourself) out
- sup
- supinate
- supination
- supine
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sprawl noun (CITY)
[ C usually singular ] a large area of land covered with buildings that have been added at different times so that it looks untidy:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Spreading and scattering
- all over the place idiom
- bedaub
- bestrew
- billow
- circulate
- fan out
- go round (somewhere)
- go/do the rounds idiom
- percolate
- radial
- radiate
- slap
- spread
- spread out
- sprinkling
- straggle
- stretch
- strew
- suffuse
- sweep
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