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Sprawl [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To spread and stretch the body carelessly in a horizontal position; to lie with the limbs stretched out or struggling. We say, a person lies sprawling; or he sprawls on the be or on the ground.

2. To move, when lying down, with awkward extension and motions of the limbs; to scrabble or scramble in creeping.

3. The birds were not fledged; but in sprawling and struggling to get clear of the flame, down they tumbled.

4. To widen or open irregularly, as a body of horse.

Sprawl [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To spread and stretch the body or limbs carelessly in a horizontal position; to lie with the limbs stretched out ungracefully.

2. To spread irregularly, as vines, plants, or tress; to spread ungracefully, as chirography.

3. To move, when lying down, with awkward extension and motions of the limbs; to scramble in creeping.

Sprawled [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Sprawling [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Lying with the limbs awkwardly stretched; creeping with awkward motions; struggling with contorsion of the limbs.

2. Widening or opening irregularly, as cavalry.

Sprawling [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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