English Dictionary
◊ SPRAWLING
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}]