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sprawls

verb , present tense third-person singular of sprawl

Synonyms and Antonyms of sprawls

1 to extend outwards from or as if from a central point

The suburbs sprawl for miles beyond the city's downtown.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of sprawls

branches, fans (out), rays, splays, spreads (out)

diverges, divides, forks, parts, separates

climbs, enlarges, escalates, expands, gains, increases, mounts, multiplies, mushrooms, proliferates, rises, rolls up, snowballs, swells, waxes

diffuses, dispenses, disperses, dissipates, scatters, sows

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of sprawls

contains, limits, restricts

contracts, decreases, diminishes, dwindles, lessens, recedes, wanes

concentrates, converges, focuses (or focusses), funnels, joins, meets

2 to rest with the arms and legs spread out

There's no feeling like sprawling out on your bed after a hard day's work.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of sprawls

spreads (out), stretches (out)

lounges, slouches, squats, straddles

lies back, reclines

flops, flumps, planks, plops, plumps, plunks (or plonks)

basks, kicks back, lolls, relaxes, reposes, rests

sets [chiefly dialect], sits

expands, extends, fans (out), flares (out), opens, outspreads, outstretches, unfolds, unfurls

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of sprawls

arises, gets up, rises, stands

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