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to sprawl
01
to spread out one's limbs in a relaxed manner while sitting, falling, etc.
Intransitive: to sprawl
Grammatical Information
Movement verb
Regular
Present tense
sprawl
3rd person singular
sprawls
Past simple
sprawled
Past participle
sprawled
Examples
Exhausted after the long hike, he decided to sprawl on the grass and enjoy the view.
02
to extend or spread out in a disorderly or irregular manner
Intransitive: to sprawl somewhere
Examples
The overgrown garden had wild plants and tangled vines that sprawled across the entire yard
Sprawl
01
an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Plural form
sprawls
02
an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities
