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Definitions for Sprawl

[1] 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.
[5] to stretch out (the limbs) as in sprawling.
[6] to spread out or distribute in a straggling manner.
[7] the act or an instance of sprawling; a sprawling posture.
[8] a straggling array of something.
[9] (intr) to sit or lie in an ungainly manner with one's limbs spread out
[10] to fall down or knock down with the limbs spread out in an ungainly way
[11] to spread out or cause to spread out in a straggling fashion his handwriting sprawled all over the paper
[12] the act or an instance of sprawling
[13] a sprawling posture or arrangement of items
[14] the urban area formed by the expansion of a town or city into surrounding countryside the urban sprawl the process by which this has happened

Words related to Sprawl

flop, ramble, slouch, recline, loll, lounge, drape, straggle, lie, extend, sit, stretch, slump, straddle, trail, spread

Words nearby Sprawl

spraint, sprang, sprat, spratly islands, sprattle, sprawl, sprawly, spray, spray can, spray gun, spray millet

Origin of Sprawl

before 1000; Middle English spraulen to move awkwardly, Old English spreawlian; cognate with Frisian (N dial.) spraweli

Other words from Sprawl

sprawl·er , noun
sprawl·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Sprawl

Old English spreawlian; related to Old English spryttan to sprout, spurt , Greek speirein to scatter

Synonyms for Sprawl

drape, flop, loll, lounge, ramble, recline, slouch, straggle, extend, lie, sit, slump, spread, straddle, stretch, trail, lie spread-eagle