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Meaning of sprawl

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  sprawl
      n 1: an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities
           [syn: {conurbation}, {urban sprawl}, {sprawl}]
      2: an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about [syn:
         {sprawl}, {sprawling}]
      v 1: sit or lie with one's limbs spread out
      2: go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches
         straggling out quite far" [syn: {sprawl}, {straggle}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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