1
[ verb ] sit or lie with one's limbs spread out

Used in print

(Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)

His head hung over the boards of Katie 's stall ; before it was sprawled the mangled corpse of the bearded stranger .

Related terms

sit lie spread-eagle

2
[ verb ] go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way

Synonyms

straggle

Examples

"Branches straggling out quite far"

Used in print

(Chicago Daily Tribune...)

He flounders and lets music sprawl .

Related terms

spread straggle

3
[ noun ] an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about

Synonyms

sprawling

Related terms

position

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Rhymes with

scrawl drawl brawl crawl thrall enthral

Phonetic and Homophones

S P R AO1 L

Similar Spelling

sprawly sprawler sprawled sprawling Sprowl spiral Spurlin spirula sparely Spurlock Spurling spirilla spirally Sperling sparling sporulate spirillum spiraling

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