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sprawl

1 of 2

verb

ˈsprȯl How to pronounce sprawl (audio)
sprawled; sprawling; sprawls

intransitive verb

1
: to lie or sit with arms and legs spread out
2
: to spread or develop irregularly or without restraint
bushes sprawling along the road
sprawling suburbs
a sprawling narrative
3
a
: to creep or clamber awkwardly
b
archaic : to lie thrashing or tossing about

transitive verb

: to cause to spread out carelessly or awkwardly
sprawled out her books on the table

sprawl

2 of 2

noun

1
: an irregularly spread or scattered group or mass
2
: urban sprawl
3
: the act, posture, or condition of sprawling

Example Sentences

Verb The kids sprawled on the floor to watch TV. She tripped and went sprawling into the table. The city sprawls along the coastline. The bushes were sprawling along the road.
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
The plan is to produce up to 50,000 barrels of oil a day in a huge plant that would process ore from a surface mine that could sprawl across 9,000 acres. Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 July 2022 The increasingly enormous datasets sprawl and become weighed down by what Dave McCrory called data gravity. Dave Mosley, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022 The Odessa operations would sprawl over 1,600 acres on a site known as Shoe Bar Ranch, which was historically a cow-calf operation covered with native pasture, mesquite and greasewood. Nicholas Kusnetz, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Aug. 2022 Pumpkin and watermelon plants sprawl over 30 square feet easily, while zucchini plants grow 3 feet across. Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2022 Outdoor tables sprawl around a lush green lawn and there is a whole building dedicated to hammocks, perhaps a dozen of them swinging in the breeze. Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes, 11 July 2022 Its next act will feature an expansion and intensification of its sphere of influence, the ridge of high pressure soon to sprawl across the entire Lower 48. Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 17 June 2022 Most comrades sprawl shoeless, many dozing open-mouthed in the permanent state of steerage that is Soviet air travel. New York Times, 11 July 2022 The shooter directs the actress to sprawl on the bed, click click click. Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2022
Noun
Advocates hope the measures will help limit sprawl. Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2022 Pro-housing advocates have said the state’s policies encourage sprawl. The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 July 2022 Just take the sprawl (and much of the risk of injury) out of the equation. Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 7 July 2022 The massive sprawl of Game of Thrones could be both blessing and curse. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2022 The sprawl still feels distant up Interstate 15 in Leeds, where there is no school and the only grocery store recently closed. Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2022 The show’s variety and sprawl was an occasional deficit, but this goes too far the other way. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Aug. 2022 Lush, green plants, each one watered every Wednesday, sprawl and stretch toward the sun. Charisma Madarang, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2022 Pro-housing advocates have said the state’s policies encourage sprawl. The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English, from Old English sprēawlian

First Known Use

Verb

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 3b

Noun

1598, in the meaning defined at sense 3

Time Traveler
The first known use of sprawl was before the 12th century

Phrases Containing sprawl

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