sprawl

sprawl about

To recline in a lazy, spread-out position or posture around some place or area. I'm sick of you kids just sprawling about. Go outside and play a game or something! My weeks are so busy and stressful that all I want to do on the weekend is sprawl about the house.
See also: sprawl

sprawl around

To recline in a lazy, spread-out position or posture around some place or area. I'm sick of you kids just sprawling around. Go outside and play a game or something! My weeks are so busy and stressful that all I want to do on the weekend is sprawl around the house.
See also: around, sprawl

sprawl out

1. To lie or recline with one's arms and legs spread out awkwardly or lazily. Could you not sprawl out like that—you're taking up half the sofa! The kids have been sprawled out in front of the television all morning.
2. To be spread or scattered around, especially in a disorganized or haphazard manner. Nuts, bolts, and various parts sprawled out around the mechanic as he dug deeper into the engine looking for the cause of the problem. Farm houses sprawl out for miles way out here.
3. To spread or scatter something out on a surface, especially in a disorganized or haphazard manner. A noun or pronoun can be used between "sprawl" and "out." You'd lose stuff a lot less if you quit sprawling your papers all over your desk like that. I like to sprawl out all the stuff I plan to take on a trip before I start packing anything. They really sprawled the neighborhoods out in this part of town, and there's no real sense of community as a result.
See also: out, sprawl
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

sprawl about

 and sprawl around
to slouch or lounge somewhere; to spread oneself out casually while lounging. (Usually refers to habitual action, perhaps in a number of places.) He sprawled about, loafing the afternoon away. When I came into the room, four teenage boys were sprawled around the furniture, watching television.
See also: sprawl

sprawl out

to spread oneself out casually while lounging. (Usually done one time, not habitually. Compare this with sprawl about.) He sprawled out and took up most of the space. I need more room so I can sprawl out.
See also: out, sprawl
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

sprawl out

v.
1. To cause something to spread out in a straggling or disordered fashion: The detective sprawled the evidence out on the desk. The mechanic sprawled out the parts so that they would be easy to find. My papers are sprawled out on the desk.
2. To be spread out in a straggling or disordered fashion: Shoddy apartment buildings sprawled out across the valley.
3. To sit or lie with the body and limbs spread out awkwardly: I sprawled out on the chair, but I sat up straight when my mother walked into the room.
4. To extend oneself when lying down or sitting so that the body and limbs spread out awkwardly: I yawned and sprawled myself out in the hammock. The security guard is sprawled out in the chair, fast asleep.
See also: out, sprawl
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • sprawl about
  • sprawl around
  • lazy
  • lazy dog
  • lay someone out
  • lay something out
  • lie out
  • sprawl out
  • lazybones
  • lazy-bones
References in periodicals archive
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Urban expansion assessment by using remotely sensed data and the relative Shannon entropy model in GIS: a case study of Tripoli, Libya
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According to the non-profit Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), our oceans are already under siege from problems like pollution, overfishing and acidification, and increased industrial activity offshore--leading to so-called "ocean sprawl"--will jeopardize the food, jobs and recreation we have come to depend on the oceans to provide.
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The share of jobs within 3 miles of downtown Worcester fell 1.6 percent over the decade, while the share of jobs 3 to 10 miles from the city increased 1.2 percent, the Brookings Institution said Thursday in a study of job sprawl at the nation's 100 largest metro areas.
Data reveal shift in jobs; Worcester urban core loses jobs at faster pace
Mountain View, CA, June 26, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Gridstore[TM], the leader in scale-out NAS solutions for the SMB market, today announced a webinar that will help organizations address the issues of storage sprawl and how scale out NAS solves their storage dilemma.
Storage Switzerland and Gridstore to Host Webinar on Eliminating SMB Storage Sprawl with Scale Out NAS
In Sprawl, Danielle Dutton's protagonist is headed inward, into a contemplation of what it means to be domesticated, having stayed always east, having stayed in the household sphere, having soaked fully in her wifely responsibilities (read here: demands, expectations, impositions, unwanted appointments):
Sprawl
Yet it's also a tirade against the way the 'car' has come to dominate our transport systems, and the resulting sprawl. And finally, it provides a convincing critique of the way our towns and communities have been torn apart by slum clearance and cheap modern architecture.
The sneaking suburbs
metropolitan areas for which data were available on sprawl and extreme heat event.
Temperatures rising: sprawling cities have the most very hot days
Don't Call it Sprawl: Metropolitan Structure in the Twenty-First Century.
Bogart, William T.: Don't Call it Sprawl: Metropolitan Structure in the Twenty-First Century