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sprawl::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | straggle |
| Type of | distribute, spread |
sprawl::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | conurbation, urban sprawl |
| Type of | urban area, populated area |
| Has types | subtopia |
sprawl::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | lie, sit, sit down |
| Has types | spread-eagle |
| Derivation | sprawler, sprawling |
Examples of sprawl
sprawl
Less sprawl means less driving time and fewer greenhouse emissions, Armijo said.
From the ocregister.com
He backed farmland preservation and sprawl control, albeit with limited success.
From the delawareonline.com
The vast majority live in developments that sprawl to the edge of the mountains.
From the washingtonpost.com
In the U.S,, we need to stop sprawl and build well-designed compact communities.
From the businessweek.com
It's got a small town feeling, even in the middle of southern California sprawl.
From the ocregister.com
Another reason for building tall is that it conserves space and counters sprawl.
From the jsonline.com
Better to build apartments near transit than add to sprawl in the outer suburbs.
From the washingtonpost.com
Its 17,000 islands sprawl along a belt of intense volcanic and seismic activity.
From the newscientist.com
Lately the paper has begun to sprawl topographically as well as typographically.
From the time.com
- Conurbation: an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities
- Sit or lie with one's limbs spread out
- An ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about
- Go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches straggling out quite far"
- (sprawling) spreading out in different directions; "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair"
- A sprawl is a martial arts and wrestling term for a defensive technique that is done in response to certain takedown attempts, typically double or single leg takedown attempts. ...
- An ungainly sprawling posture; A straggling, haphazard growth, especially of housing on the edge of a city; To sit with the limbs spread out; To spread out in a disorderly fashion; to straggle
- (sprawling) That sprawls; Expansive; extensive
- (sprawling) with branches spreading horizontally in a disordered fashion.
