'Sprawling' definitions:
Definition of 'sprawling'
From: WordNet
adjective
Spreading out in different directions; "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair" [syn: sprawling, straggling, rambling, straggly]
noun
An ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about [syn: sprawl, sprawling]
Definition of 'Sprawling'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To spread irregularly, as vines, plants, or trees; to spread ungracefully, as chirography. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To move, when lying down, with awkward extension and motions of the limbs; to scramble in creeping. [1913 Webster]
- The birds were not fledged; but upon sprawling and struggling to get clear of the flame, down they tumbled. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sprawling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accumbent,
- couchant,
- couche,
- crawling,
- decumbent,
- deltoid,
- draped,
- fan-shape,
- fan-shaped,
- fanlike,
- fanned,
- fanning,
- flabelliform,
- flared,
- flaring,
- flat,
- groveling,
- lolling,
- lounging,
- lying,
- open,
- outspread,
- outstretched,
- patulous,
- procumbent,
- prone,
- prostrate,
- reclining,
- recumbent,
- reposing,
- resupine,
- splay,
- splayed,
- splaying,
- spraddled,
- spraddling,
- sprangled,
- sprangling,
- sprawled,
- sprawly,
- spread,
- spreading,
- stretched-out,
- supine,
- unfolded,
- wide-open,
- widespread