Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - sprawl
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Sprawl
sprawl
I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English spreawlian Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. archaic to lie thrashing or tossing about b. to creep or clamber awkwardly 2. to lie or sit with arms and legs spread out 3. to spread or develop irregularly or without restraint bushes ~ing along the road ~ing suburbs a ~ing narrative transitive verb to cause to spread out carelessly or awkwardly ~ed out her books on the table II. noun Date: 1598 1. the act, posture, or condition of ~ing 2. an irregularly spread or scattered group or mass 3. urban ~
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v. & n. --v. 1 a intr. sit or lie or fall with limbs flung out or in an ungainly way. b tr. spread (one's limbs) in this way. 2 intr. (of handwriting, a plant, a town, etc.) be of irregular or straggling form. --n. 1 a sprawling movement or attitude. 2 a straggling group or mass. 3 the straggling expansion of an urban or industrial area. Derivatives sprawlingly adv. Etymology: OE spreawlian ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. небрежная, неуклюжая поза he sat in a sprawl —- он сидел развалившись 2. неуклюжая, нетвердая походка; ноги разъезжаются 3. развалиться, сидеть развалившись 4. растянуться, валяться (также sprawl out) to sprawl on the beach —- лежать на пляже to send smb. sprawling —- сбить кого-л. с ног he sprawled across the bed —- он разлегся поперек кровати I just feel like sprawling out in the sun for a couple of weeks —- мне хочется поваляться на солнышке недельку-другую 5. разъезжаться (о ногах) a colt with sprawling legs —- жеребенок, еще нетвердо стоящий на ногах the puppy's legs sprawled in all directions —- ноги у щенка разъезжались во все стороны 6. расползаться во все стороны, простираться, раскидываться; беспорядочно расти (о застройке и т. п.) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun неуклюжая поза; неуклюжее движение 2. v. 1) растянуть(ся); развалиться (о человеке) (тж. sprawl about); If you sprawl about on the seat like that, there wont be room for anyone else; to send one sprawling - сбить кого-л. с ног 2) раскидывать (руки, ноги) небрежно или неуклюже 3) расползаться во все стороны (тж. sprawl out); As the city grew, housing developments sprawled out for miles either side of the river. ...Англо-русский словарь
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(sprawls, sprawling, sprawled) 1. 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... VERB: V prep/adv see also sprawled • Sprawl out means the same as sprawl. He would take two aspirin and sprawl out on his bed. PHRASAL VERB: V P prep 2. 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... VERB: V prep 3. 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. N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~1 v also sprawl out 1 to lie or sit with your arms or legs stretched out in a lazy or careless way + in/on etc (He just sprawls out in his chair and expects me to bring his dinner.) be sprawled out (The students were sprawled out on the grass. | send sb sprawling (=hit someone with such force that they fall over)) 2 if buildings or a town sprawl, they spread out over a wide area in an untidy and unattractive way (An industrial estate sprawled across the valley.) ~2 n 1 a large area of buildings that are spread out in an untidy and unattractive way (a vast sprawl of industrial development | urban sprawl) (Los Angeles' huge urban sprawl) 2 a position in which you have your arms or legs stretched out in a lazy or careless way ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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