What does sprawling mean?
Definitions for sprawling
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Princeton's WordNet
sprawl, sprawling(adj)
an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about
sprawling, straggling, rambling, straggly(adj)
spreading out in different directions
"sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair"
Wiktionary
sprawling(Adjective)
That sprawls
sprawling(Adjective)
Expansive; extensive
Webster Dictionary
Sprawling
of Sprawl
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sprawling in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sprawling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of sprawling in a Sentence
Providing a defensive briefing, like the one given to Senator Feinstein, is a typical response to these kinds of situations, the refusal to give the Trump campaign a defensive briefing, and instead opening a sprawling counter-intelligence investigation of American citizens, is one of many alarming ways that intelligence leaders drastically diverged from normal procedures in their Trump campaign investigation.
What is happening ... is an increase of sprawling urbanization, informality is gaining share in the growth of cities.
We just heard a loud noise sounding like thunder and saw that the huge mountain collapsed and a huge wave of rubble was moving and sprawling on a wide area, it was just like a nightmare.
It's 116,000 people in this department. The attorney general has a sprawling job. Generally the AG is pretty remote, it seems abundantly clear that Barr has a keen interest in the Durham investigation.
Cydney Ireland said. The sprawling, 58,000-student main campus in downtown Columbus is one of the nation's largest. Fox News contributor Rod Wheeler, a former Washington DC homicide detective and an Ohio State University alum, said the school's police department is highly trained. People don’t need to panic.
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- المترامية الاطرافArabic
- vidtstrakteDanish
- sich ausbreitendGerman
- αναδιπλώνεταιGreek
- desmadejadoSpanish
- tentaculaireFrench
- terpeszkedésHungarian
- luasIndonesian
- tentacolareItalian
- 広大なJapanese
- sprawlingLatin
- gespartelDutch
- viltvoksendeNorwegian
- rozwalonyPolish
- alastrandoPortuguese
- asupra luiRomanian
- spretigSwedish
- yayılanTurkish
- چراغUrdu
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