Meaning & use
sprawls
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Spreads out or stretches over a wide area in an irregular way, or sits or lies with limbs spread out.
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The city sprawls for miles along the coastline.
He sprawls on the sofa every evening after work.
A note on using this word
Urban sprawl is a widely used term describing the uncontrolled expansion of a city into surrounding rural land.
Words with a similar meaning
stretchesspreads
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Words with an opposite meaning
contractshuddles
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