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1. noun1) (slump)lie in a sprawl — ausgestreckt [da]liegen
2) (straggle) verstreute Ansammlung2. intransitive verb1) (spread oneself) sich ausstrecken2) (fall) der Länge nach hinfallen3) (straggle) sich ausbreiten* * *[spro:l] 1. verb1) (to sit, lie or fall with the arms and legs spread out widely and carelessly: Several tired-looking people were sprawling in armchairs.) alle Viere von sich strecken2. noun1) (an act of sprawling: He was lying in a careless sprawl on the sofa.) ausgestreckte Lage2) (an untidy and irregular area (of houses etc): She lost her way in the grimy sprawl of the big city.) ausgestreckte Lage•- academic.ru/91978/sprawling">sprawling* * *[sprɔ:l, AM sprɑ:l]I. nto lie in a \sprawl ausgestreckt daliegenurban \sprawl (phenomenon) unkontrollierte Ausbreitung einer Stadt; (town) riesiges Stadtgebiet; (area) Ballungsraum mII. vi1. (slouch)to send sb \sprawling jdn zu Boden strecken* * *[sprɔːl]1. n(= posture) Lümmeln nt no pl (inf), Flegeln nt no pl (inf); (= mass of buildings, town etc) Ausbreitung furban sprawl — wild wuchernde Ausbreitung des Stadtgebietes
2. vi(person = fall) der Länge nach hinfallen; (= lounge) (herum)lümmeln (inf), sich hinflegeln; (plant, town) (wild) wuchernhe was sprawling ( out) on the floor — er lag ausgestreckt auf dem Fußboden
to send sb sprawling — jdn zu Boden werfen, jdn der Länge nach umwerfen
3. vtto be sprawled over sth/on sth (body) — ausgestreckt auf etw (dat) liegen
his legs were sprawled over the arm of the chair — seine Beine hingen zwanglos über der Sessellehne
* * *sprawl [sprɔːl]A v/i1. ausgestreckt daliegen:send sb sprawling jemanden zu Boden strecken2. sich am Boden wälzen4. krabbeln, kriechen5. sich spreizen6. BOT wuchernsprawling hand ausladende HandschriftB v/tsprawled out (weit) auseinandergezogen2. sprawl o.s. (out) → A 3* * *1. noun1) (slump)lie in a sprawl — ausgestreckt [da]liegen
2) (straggle) verstreute Ansammlung2. intransitive verb1) (spread oneself) sich ausstrecken2) (fall) der Länge nach hinfallen3) (straggle) sich ausbreiten
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