sprawl

sprawl is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To spread and stretch the body or limbs carelessly in a horizontal position; to lie with the limbs stretched out ungracefully. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To spread and stretch the body or limbs carelessly in a horizontal position; to lie with the limbs stretched out ungracefully.
2. intransitive verb. To spread irregularly, as vines, plants, or tress; to spread ungracefully, as chirography.
3. intransitive verb. To move, when lying down, with awkward extension and motions of the limbs; to scramble in creeping.
4. noun. an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about

   Synonyms: sprawling

5. noun. an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities

   Synonyms: conurbation

6. verb. sit or lie with one's limbs spread out
7. verb. go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way

   "Branches straggling out quite far"

   Synonyms: straggle

Synonyms

sprawling, conurbation, straggle

Common word forms

sprawls, sprawled, sprawler, sprawling

Words from these letters

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