| slovo | definícia |
sprawl
(encz) | sprawl,rozvalit v: Zdeněk Brož |
sprawl
(encz) | sprawl,rozvalovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
sprawl
(gcide) | sprawl \sprawl\ (spr[add]l), n.
The position or state resulting from sprawling; as, he sat on
the couch in a sprawl; uncontrolled urban sprawl.
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Sprawl
(gcide) | Sprawl \Sprawl\ (spr[add]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sprawled
(spr[add]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Sprawling.] [OE. spraulen;
cf. Sw. sprattla to sprawl, dial. Sw. spralla, Dan. spraelle,
spraelde, D. spartelen, spertelen, to flounder, to struggle.]
1. To spread and stretch the body or limbs carelessly in a
horizontal position; to lie with the limbs stretched out
ungracefully.
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2. To spread irregularly, as vines, plants, or trees; to
spread ungracefully, as chirography.
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3. To move, when lying down, with awkward extension and
motions of the limbs; to scramble in creeping.
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The birds were not fledged; but upon sprawling and
struggling to get clear of the flame, down they
tumbled. --L'Estrange.
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sprawl
(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] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
sprawled
(encz) | sprawled, adj: |
sprawler
(encz) | sprawler, n: |
sprawling
(encz) | sprawling,rozvalený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sprawly
(encz) | sprawly, adj: |
urban sprawl
(encz) | urban sprawl, n: |
Asprawl
(gcide) | Asprawl \A*sprawl"\, adv. & a.
Sprawling.
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Sprawl
(gcide) | sprawl \sprawl\ (spr[add]l), n.
The position or state resulting from sprawling; as, he sat on
the couch in a sprawl; uncontrolled urban sprawl.
[PJC]Sprawl \Sprawl\ (spr[add]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sprawled
(spr[add]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Sprawling.] [OE. spraulen;
cf. Sw. sprattla to sprawl, dial. Sw. spralla, Dan. spraelle,
spraelde, D. spartelen, spertelen, to flounder, to struggle.]
1. To spread and stretch the body or limbs carelessly in a
horizontal position; to lie with the limbs stretched out
ungracefully.
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2. To spread irregularly, as vines, plants, or trees; to
spread ungracefully, as chirography.
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3. To move, when lying down, with awkward extension and
motions of the limbs; to scramble in creeping.
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The birds were not fledged; but upon sprawling and
struggling to get clear of the flame, down they
tumbled. --L'Estrange.
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Sprawled
(gcide) | Sprawl \Sprawl\ (spr[add]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sprawled
(spr[add]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Sprawling.] [OE. spraulen;
cf. Sw. sprattla to sprawl, dial. Sw. spralla, Dan. spraelle,
spraelde, D. spartelen, spertelen, to flounder, to struggle.]
1. To spread and stretch the body or limbs carelessly in a
horizontal position; to lie with the limbs stretched out
ungracefully.
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2. To spread irregularly, as vines, plants, or trees; to
spread ungracefully, as chirography.
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3. To move, when lying down, with awkward extension and
motions of the limbs; to scramble in creeping.
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The birds were not fledged; but upon sprawling and
struggling to get clear of the flame, down they
tumbled. --L'Estrange.
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Sprawling
(gcide) | Sprawl \Sprawl\ (spr[add]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sprawled
(spr[add]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Sprawling.] [OE. spraulen;
cf. Sw. sprattla to sprawl, dial. Sw. spralla, Dan. spraelle,
spraelde, D. spartelen, spertelen, to flounder, to struggle.]
1. To spread and stretch the body or limbs carelessly in a
horizontal position; to lie with the limbs stretched out
ungracefully.
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2. To spread irregularly, as vines, plants, or trees; to
spread ungracefully, as chirography.
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3. To move, when lying down, with awkward extension and
motions of the limbs; to scramble in creeping.
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The birds were not fledged; but upon sprawling and
struggling to get clear of the flame, down they
tumbled. --L'Estrange.
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Sprawls
(gcide) | Sprawls \Sprawls\ (spr[add]lz), n. pl.
Small branches of a tree; twigs; sprays. [Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.
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sprawler
(wn) | sprawler
n 1: a person who sprawls; "he is such a sprawler he needs a bed
to himself" |
sprawling
(wn) | sprawling
adj 1: spreading out in different directions; "sprawling
handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair"
[syn: sprawling, straggling, rambling, straggly]
n 1: an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about [syn:
sprawl, sprawling] |
sprawly
(wn) | sprawly
adj 1: spread out irregularly; "a big sprawly city" |
urban sprawl
(wn) | urban sprawl
n 1: an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities
[syn: conurbation, urban sprawl, sprawl] |
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