Sprawl
WordNet

noun


(1)   An ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about
(2)   An aggregation or continuous network of urban communities

verb


(3)   Sit or lie with one's limbs spread out
(4)   Go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way
"Branches straggling out quite far"
WiktionaryText

Verb



  1. To sit with the limbs spread out.
  2. To spread out in a disorderly fashion; to straggle.

Quotations

  • 2008 January 19, Mo Rocca, Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!, National Public Radio
    The thirty-two thousand square-foot villa, set in the middle of a sprawling quarter-acre lot, was advertised as authentic Italian.

Noun



  1. An ungainly sprawling posture.
  2. A straggling, haphazard growth, especially of housing on the edge of a city.
 
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