to sprawl
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4.1
- verb
- /sprɔl/
:
despatarrarse
- After a long day at work, I found myself sprawled on the couch, too tired to move.
- body sprawled
They stare across the space at me, sprawling on my bunk.
- They stare across the space at me, sprawling on my bunk.
- What I saw Reese was sprawled on the rocky ground.
- No, I mean, just passed out, sprawled out, dude.
- When our lives slow and we can hold all that we love, it sprawls in our laps like a gangly doll.
- And then if anybody who walks by the next booth is like, like, basically picture my dad sprawled out at Myrtle Beach.
- And Margot, you know, the the feet thing and it's like she's scooting across the bench after her heels slump and, like, her toes are all like, sprawled weird.
Examples
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And then I come home, and I find her sprawled out on the floor.
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A wave washed them in, and Ellen found herself sprawled beside her mother on the sand.
Fiction book (1991) -
So no interest in why a teacher found me sprawled out on the ground?
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- A truck with a flat board at the back with about six or seven boys sprawled out on it.
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When you were lying here, sprawled in the dust, all I wanted to do was protect you.
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I keep seeing that Dutch woman, you know, sprawled out like that.
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Two tall young men sprawled in the chairs, all arms and legs.
Fiction book (1991) -
I mean there I was sprawled out on the asphalt.
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"I was half-expecting to find myself sprawled out on the sofa in my studio," he said.
Fiction book (1991) -
Behind those bars, a man lay sprawled on his stomach on the straw-covered floor.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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2.5
Lie down with your body straight to rest or relax
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3.8
Lie or sit with arms and legs spread out and relaxed
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7.7
To place your arms and legs wide apart when standing or lying
To sit, stand, or move with legs spread wide
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
5
4.9
The unplanned spread of a city into nearby countryside that makes houses and shops far apart
How Spread Out
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sprawl comes from an old word that meant 'to spread out', like the common word spread. So to sprawl on a sofa is to sit or lie with your arms and legs stretched out and relaxed.