sprawl
s prawl
- n an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities
- n an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about
- v sit or lie with one's limbs spread out
- v go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way
- Her narratives sprawl with Dickensian swagger.
- Human sprawl threatens the habitat of most animal and plant species except for cockroaches, rats, pigeons, crabgrass and other organisms that .
- American cities are typified by much greater urban sprawl than that seen in Europe.