Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural Prov. Eng. Small branches of a tree; twigs; sprays.
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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
sprawl . - noun UK, dialect Small
branches of atree ;twigs ;sprays .
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Examples
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Rocinha-which means "little field" in Portuguese-sprawls along the northeastern fringe of São Conrado, a chic neighborhood of modern high-rises and million-dollar mansions.
Home 2009
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Rocinha-which means "little field" in Portuguese-sprawls along the northeastern fringe of São Conrado, a chic neighborhood of modern high-rises and million-dollar mansions.
Home 2009
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Rocinha-which means "little field" in Portuguese-sprawls along the northeastern fringe of São Conrado, a chic neighborhood of modern high-rises and million-dollar mansions.
Home 2009
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Rocinha-which means "little field" in Portuguese-sprawls along the northeastern fringe of São Conrado, a chic neighborhood of modern high-rises and million-dollar mansions.
Home 2009
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He has noticed when sitting in the car, their dog 'sprawls' in such a way that his private area is then "exposed" somewhat.
What's the Connection?: Banning Scrotum..... Debra W. Haffner 2007
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It kind of sprawls out like some kind of perverse Oz eating away at the jungle.
Democracy Now! 2009
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Below me sprawls the green and leafy city where I started in public life fifty years ago and whose enlightened, progressive politics have inspired me ever since.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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Below me sprawls the green and leafy city where I started in public life fifty years ago and whose enlightened, progressive politics have inspired me ever since.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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Below me sprawls the green and leafy city where I started in public life fifty years ago and whose enlightened, progressive politics have inspired me ever since.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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At the same time, because no city is like any other city, I love the urban sprawls of the New World: I genuinely find LA glorious and haunting, those clusters of towers rising out of the smog.
MIND MELD: Real-Life Places That Inspire Exceptional World Building 2009
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