Noun

• S: (n) sprawl, sprawling (an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• W: (adj) sprawly [Related to: sprawl] (extended out irregularly) "a big sprawly city"
• W: (v) sprawl [Related to: sprawl, sprawling] (sit or lie with one's limbs spread out)

Verb

• S: (v) sprawl (sit or lie with one's limbs spread out)
• S: (v) sprawl, straggle (go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way) "Branches straggling out quite far"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) spread, distribute (distribute or disperse widely) "The invaders spread their language all over the country"
• S: (v) generalize, generalise (become systemic and spread throughout the body) "this kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system"
• S: (v) metastasize, metastasise (spread throughout the body) "the cancer had metastasized and the patient could not be saved"
• S: (v) discharge (pour forth or release) "discharge liquids"
• S: (v) strew, straw ((7) )
• S: (v) export (cause to spread in another part of the world) "The Russians exported Marxism to Africa"
• S: (v) propagate (transmit or cause to broaden or spread) "This great civilization was propagated throughout the land"
• S: (v) deploy (to distribute systematically or strategically) "The U.S. deploys its weapons in the Middle East"
• S: (v) redistribute (distribute anew) "redistribute the troops more strategically"
• S: (v) sprawl, straggle (go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way) "Branches straggling out quite far"
• S: (v) diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out (move outward) "The soldiers fanned out"
• derivationally related form
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Adjective

• S: (adj) sprawling, straggling, rambling, straggly (spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly) "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair"