Meaning & use
Sprawled
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Sat, lay, or fell with arms and legs spread out in a careless or awkward manner, or spread out over a wide area in an irregular way.
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He sprawled across the couch after the long flight home.
The city has sprawled far beyond its original boundaries over the past fifty years.
A note on using this word
Sprawled can describe a person's relaxed or ungainly posture, or, in urban planning, the uncontrolled spread of a city outward, as in 'urban sprawl.'
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huddledcurled up
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