Словарь синонимов английского языка - sprawl

(v) 1. spread (out), stretch (out), straddle, ramble, meander, wander, straggle, branch out* Greater Los Angeles sprawls over a huge area of some $50 square miles. 2. spread out, stretch out, loll, lounge, slouch, slump, recline, lie about or around: A dozen guests were sprawled on blankets at the beach party. -(n) 3. spread, stretch, expansion, extension: Some suburbs of large cities have been swallowed up in urban sprawl.