Sprawl v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sprawled p. pr. & vb. n. Sprawling.]
1. To spread and stretch the body or limbs carelessly in a horizontal position; to lie with the limbs stretched out ungracefully.
2. To spread irregularly, as vines, plants, or trees; to spread ungracefully, as chirography.
3. To move, when lying down, with awkward extension and motions of the limbs; to scramble in creeping.
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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sprawled
adj : spread out irregularly; "sat sprawled in the big armchair";
"the sprawling suburbs"; "a big sprawly city" [syn: sprawling,
sprawly]