Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - sprawl
Sprawl
sprawl
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
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I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sprēawlian Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to lie thrashing or tossing about, to creep or clamber awkwardly, to lie or sit with arms and legs spread out, to spread or develop irregularly or without restraint , transitive verb to cause to spread out carelessly or awkwardly , II. noun Date: 1598 the act, posture, or condition of ~ing, an irregularly spread or scattered group or mass, urban ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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