"sprawling" in the noun sense
1. sprawl, sprawling
an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about
"sprawling" in the verb sense
1. sprawl
sit or lie with one's limbs spread out
2. sprawl, straggle
go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way
"Branches straggling out quite far"
"sprawling" in the adjective sense
1. sprawling, straggling, rambling, straggly
spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly
"sprawling handwriting"
"straggling branches"
"straggly hair"
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