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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
sprawled
adjective
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▪ Deserted - except for the sprawled corpses of the two murdered men, lying where death had struck them down.
▪ He was lying sprawled across the pillow leaning on his elbow, his head propped to one side, reading the letter.
▪ His rear gunner lay sprawled dead in the back.
▪ However, he saw there was no need to fire again, the four sprawled figures showed no signs of action.
▪ She was sprawled, hugging a sausage-shaped pillow like Linus' comforter.
▪ The next thing she knew, she was lying sprawled across the pavement.
▪ Under the portico, bodies are sprawled, a tangle of limbs of malnourished young men.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sprawled

Sprawl \Sprawl\ (spr[add]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sprawled (spr[add]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Sprawling.] [OE. spraulen; cf. Sw. sprattla to sprawl, dial. Sw. spralla, Dan. spr[ae]lle, spr[ae]lde, D. spartelen, spertelen, to flounder, to struggle.]

  1. To spread and stretch the body or limbs carelessly in a horizontal position; to lie with the limbs stretched out ungracefully.

  2. To spread irregularly, as vines, plants, or trees; to spread ungracefully, as chirography.

  3. To move, when lying down, with awkward extension and motions of the limbs; to scramble in creeping.

    The birds were not fledged; but upon sprawling and struggling to get clear of the flame, down they tumbled.
    --L'Estrange.

Wiktionary
sprawled

vb. (en-past of: sprawl)

WordNet
sprawled

adj. spread out irregularly; "sat sprawled in the big armchair"; "the sprawling suburbs"; "a big sprawly city" [syn: sprawling, sprawly]