sprawl

[sprawl]

When you sprawl, you spread out in an ungainly way, like when you're lying down comfortably on the sofa with your legs and arms flung out around you.

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Noun
an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about

Verb
sit or lie with one''s limbs spread out

Verb
go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches straggling out quite far"

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 spread irregularly, as vines, plants, or tress; to spread ungracefully, as chirography.

v. i.
To move, when lying down, with awkward extension and motions of the limbs; to scramble in creeping.

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Usage Examples

Sydney in general is eclectic. You can be on that brilliant blue ocean walk in the morning and then within 20 minutes you can be in a completely vast suburban sprawl or an Italian or Asian suburb, and it's that mix of people, it's that melting pot of people that give it its vital personality.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Environmentalists hate sprawl - except when it comes to the size of their expansive pet legislation on Capitol Hill.