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Meanings of sprawl in английском

португальский
alastramento urbano
каталонский
conurbació
испанский
extensión urbana

An aggregation or continuous network of urban communities.

        alastramento urbano
        каталонский
        posat desmanegat

        A sprawl is a martial arts and wrestling term for a defensive technique that is done in response to certain takedown attempts, typically double or single leg takedown attempts.

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              posat desmanegat
              каталонский
              estendre's

              To spread out in a disorderly fashion.

                    estendre's
                    Usage of sprawl in английском
                    1
                    Think of a city centre university and you tend to think 'sprawl'.
                    The Guardian
                    2
                    I know a lot of New Yorkers can't stand the concrete sprawl.
                    This is where we live
                    3
                    Today, even the lake has disappeared under the sprawl of Mexico's capital.
                    1492 the year our world began
                    4
                    Go ahead; you might as well sprawl out and make yourselves comfortable.
                    Foundation and Empire
                    5
                    Winter's coming on, so the mattresses sprawl across the living room floor.
                    Radio NZ
                    6
                    The situation was too serious for the indulgence of an emotional sprawl.
                    The Real Adventure
                    7
                    Urban sprawl and suburb development have a dominant impact on forest fragmentation.
                    Pubmed
                    8
                    While ordinances are in place to constrain urban sprawl, Falkner still worries.
                    Reuters
                    9
                    Despite being part of Denver's suburban sprawl, Aurora has a small-town feel.
                    The Guardian
                    10
                    Like most beach cities, Kihei is a one-dimensional exercise in suburban sprawl.
                    Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software
                    11
                    A coyote whose habitat was destroyed by urban sprawl ate my homework
                    X-treme latin: lingua latina extrema: all the latin you need to ...
                    12
                    Atlantic Cities Is there such a thing as peak sprawl in Houston?
                    Radio NZ
                    13
                    Rather than the suburban sprawl she'd expected, she was in horse country.
                    Hush: a novel
                    14
                    The untidy sprawl seemed out of place in the otherwise sumptuous surroundings.
                    Gladiatrix
                    15
                    Actually he does not sit as much as sprawl and get lucky.
                    Quicksilver
                    16
                    They collide and sprawl across the dining table, scattering crockery and candlesticks.
                    Sympathy for the devil
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                    Translations for sprawl
                    португальский
                    alastramento urbanoconurbação
                    Sprawl through the time
                    Sprawl across language varieties
                    Ireland
                    Common
                    United States of America
                    Common
                    United Kingdom
                    Less common