verb
- 1
[I] + adv./prep.
to sit or lie with your arms and legs spread out in a relaxed or careless way
हाथ-पैर फैलाकर बैठना या लेटना, पसरना
- He sprawled on the sofa watching television.
- The blow sent him sprawling on the floor.
Synonyms stretch out lounge flop slump loll
- 2
[I] + adv./prep.
to spread in an untidy way, covering a large area
(बेतरतीब ढंग से) फैलना
- The city sprawls for miles along the river.
- Slums sprawl across the hillside.
Synonyms spread stretch extend straggle
noun
- 1
[U, C, usually sing.] often disapproving
a large area covered with buildings that spreads from the city into the countryside in an ugly way
(शहर का) अनियोजित फैलाव
- urban sprawl
- the endless sprawl of the suburbs
Synonyms spread expansion straggle
- 2
[C, usually sing.]
an act of spreading somewhere in an untidy way, or the position of somebody sprawling
बेतरतीब फैलाव, पसरी हुई मुद्रा
- the untidy sprawl of papers on his desk
- The cat lay in a lazy sprawl on the warm floor.
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