Sprawled

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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. spraelle,
     spraelde, 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.
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     2. To spread irregularly, as vines, plants, or trees; to
        spread ungracefully, as chirography.
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     3. To move, when lying down, with awkward extension and
        motions of the limbs; to scramble in creeping.
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              The birds were not fledged; but upon sprawling and
              struggling to get clear of the flame, down they
              tumbled.                              --L'Estrange.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sprawled
       adj : spread out irregularly; "sat sprawled in the big armchair";
             "the sprawling suburbs"; "a big sprawly city" [syn: {sprawling},
              {sprawly}]