sprawl
sprawl /spr'ɔːl/ (sprawls sprawling sprawled)
1 [VERB] V prep/adv
If you sprawl somewhere, you sit or lie down with your legs and arms spread out in a careless way.
She sprawled on the bed as he had left her, not even moving to cover herself up...
see also sprawled
[PHRASAL VERB] V P prep
Sprawl out means the same as sprawl.
He would take two aspirin and sprawl out on his bed.
2 [VERB] V prep
If you say that a place sprawls, you mean that it covers a large area of land.
The State Recreation Area sprawls over 900 acres on the southern tip of Key Biscayne...
3 [N-UNCOUNT] usu with supp
You can use sprawl to refer to an area where a city has grown outwards in an uncontrolled way.
The whole urban sprawl of Ankara contains over 2.6m people.
1 [VERB] V prep/adv
If you sprawl somewhere, you sit or lie down with your legs and arms spread out in a careless way.
She sprawled on the bed as he had left her, not even moving to cover herself up...
see also sprawled
[PHRASAL VERB] V P prep
Sprawl out means the same as sprawl.
He would take two aspirin and sprawl out on his bed.
2 [VERB] V prep
If you say that a place sprawls, you mean that it covers a large area of land.
The State Recreation Area sprawls over 900 acres on the southern tip of Key Biscayne...
3 [N-UNCOUNT] usu with supp
You can use sprawl to refer to an area where a city has grown outwards in an uncontrolled way.
The whole urban sprawl of Ankara contains over 2.6m people.