- (v.i.) To spread irregularly, as vines, plants or tress; to spread ungracefully, as chirography.
- (v.i.) To spread and stretch the body or limbs carelessly in a horizontal position; to lie with the limbs stretched out ungracefully.
- (v.i.) To move, when lying down, with awkward extension and motions of the limbs; to scramble in creeping.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "sprawl" 28 May 2011. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/sprawl/definitions/2065345> |