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Adjective sprawling has 2 senses

sprawled, sprawling, sprawly - spread out irregularly; "sat sprawled in the big armchair"; "the sprawling suburbs"; "a big sprawly city"
Antonym: unextended (indirect, via extended)
sprawling, straggling, straggly - spreading out carelessly (as if wandering) in different directions; "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair"
Antonym: tidy (indirect, via untidy)

Noun sprawling has 1 sense

sprawl, sprawling - an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about
--₁ is a kind of position, posture, attitude

Derived form: verb sprawl₁

Verb sprawl has 2 senses

sprawl - sit or lie with one's limbs spread out
--₁ is a kind of sit, sit down; lie

Derived forms: noun sprawl₁, noun sprawler₁, noun sprawling₁
Sample sentences:
The children sprawl in the rocking chair
There sprawl some children in the rocking chair
sprawl, straggle - go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches straggling out quite far"
--₂ is one way to spread, distribute
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP