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Sprawl
noun
/spɹɔːl/
Word Frequency:
0.8
Definitions
1.
noun
An ungainly sprawling posture.
2.
noun
A straggling, haphazard growth, especially of housing on the edge of a city.
3.
verb
To sit with the limbs spread out.
4.
verb
To spread out in a disorderly fashion; to straggle.
Synonyms
straggle
scatter
dispersion
dispersal
disruption
spread
encroachment
loll
disarray
extension
disorganization
growth
Rhymes With
squall
banal
appall
pall
call
gall
forestall
recall
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