The meaning of SPRAWL is to lie or sit with arms and legs spread out. How to use sprawl in a sentence.

SPRAWL definition: to be stretched or spread out in an unnatural or ungraceful manner. See examples of sprawl used in a sentence.

sprawl noun (CITY) [ C usually singular ] a large area of land covered with buildings, especially ones that have been added gradually over a period of time: the urban sprawl of South Florida

If you sprawl somewhere, you sit or lie down with your legs and arms spread out in a careless way. She sprawled on the couch, watching TV.

1. A sprawling position or posture. 2. A usually disorderly or haphazard mass, array, or extension: a sprawl of outbuildings; urban sprawl.

5 days ago · Noun sprawl (countable and uncountable, plural sprawls) An ungainly sprawling posture. A straggling, haphazard growth, especially of housing on the edge of a city.

SPRAWL meaning: 1 : to lie or sit with your arms and legs spread wide apart; 2 : to spread or develop in an uneven or uncontrolled way

sprawl /sprɔl/ v. to stretch or spread out (the legs) such as when sitting or lying: [no object] She sprawled on the couch. [~ + object] She sprawled her leg over his knee and trapped him.

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.

A usually disorderly or haphazard mass, array, or extension. A sprawl of outbuildings; urban sprawl.