Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sprawling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sprawl \Sprawl\ (spr[add]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sprawled}
(spr[add]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sprawling}.] [OE. spraulen;
cf. Sw. sprattla to sprawl, dial. Sw. spralla, Dan.
sp[ae]lle, spr[ae]lde, D. spartelen, spertelen, to flounder,
to struggle.]
1. To spread and stretch the body or limbs carelessly in a
horizontal position; to lie with the limbs stretched out
ungracefully.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sprawling
adj 1: spread out irregularly; "sat sprawled in the big armchair";
"the sprawling suburbs"; "a big sprawly city" [syn: {sprawled},
{sprawly}]
2: spreading out carelessly (as if wandering) in different
directions; "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling
branches"; "straggly hair" [syn: {straggling}, {straggly}]
n : an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about [syn: {sprawl}]
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