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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.) breie seg, sitte/ligge henslengt2) ((of a town etc) to spread out in an untidy and irregular way.) flyte utover, vokse vilt2. noun1) (an act of sprawling: He was lying in a careless sprawl on the sofa.) henslengt stilling2) (an untidy and irregular area (of houses etc): She lost her way in the grimy sprawl of the big city.) uoversiktlig bydel•Isubst. \/sprɔːl\/1) henslengt eller nonchalant holdning2) uryddig masse, uryddig gruppe3) forklaring: uryddig eller vill utbredelse eller vekst (spesielt når det gjelder byområde eller industriområde)urban sprawl byvekstIIverb \/sprɔːl\/1) strekke seg, breie seg, slange seg2) ligge henslengt, sitte henslengt3) falle langflat4) sprike (utover), sprike med, skreve med.strekke ut5) (om by, drabantby, stil e.l.) bre seg ut, spre seg utover, flyte utover6) kravlesend someone sprawling sende noen i gulvet, slå ned noen
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Urban sprawl — Urban sprawl, also known as suburban sprawl, is the spreading of a city and its suburbs over rural land at the fringe of an urban area. [http://www.sprawlcity.org/hbis/wis.html What is Sprawl?] . SprawlCity.org . Retrieved on 2008 02 07.]… … Wikipedia
urban sprawl — n [U] the spread of city buildings and houses into an area that used to be countryside, or the area in which this has happened ▪ planning policies designed to limit the growth of urban sprawl … Dictionary of contemporary English
urban sprawl — noun uncount a very large area of buildings, industries, etc. that has spread from a city into the countryside surrounding it, especially in a way that is not attractive: We drove through several miles of urban sprawl … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
urban sprawl — ☆ urban sprawl n. the spread of urban congestion into adjoining suburbs and rural areas … English World dictionary
urban sprawl — noun an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities • Syn: ↑conurbation, ↑sprawl • Hypernyms: ↑urban area, ↑populated area • Hyponyms: ↑subtopia … Useful english dictionary
urban sprawl — /ɜbən ˈsprɔl/ (say erbuhn sprawl) noun the outer areas of a city, especially where development is considered to have been unplanned and undesirable: *Nor do they want to see more urban sprawl eating up the farmland and the scenic land on Sydney s …
urban sprawl — UK / US noun [uncountable] a very large area of buildings, industries etc that has spread from a city into the countryside surrounding it, especially in a way that is not attractive We drove through several miles of urban sprawl … English dictionary
urban sprawl — ur′ban sprawl′ n. soc the uncontrolled spread of urban development into neighboring regions • Etymology: 1955–60 … From formal English to slang
urban sprawl — noun Date: 1956 the spreading of urban developments (as houses and shopping centers) on undeveloped land near a city … New Collegiate Dictionary
urban sprawl — the uncontrolled spread of urban development into neighboring regions. [1955 60] * * * … Universalium
urban sprawl — the unchecked spread in the land area occupied by an urban area when development is low rise and it is felt that space efficiency is not an issue … Geography glossary
