We must stop urban sprawl and fight against physical segregation while still guaranteeing the right to housing.
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Sprawl
//spɹɔl//
Synonyms for "sprawl" (127 found)
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outreachoutspreadoutstretchovergrowoverrunpitchplungepratfallpronenessprostrationrambleramifyreach outreclinationreclinerecliningrecumbencyreposerestscramble
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settle to restslouchslumpsnug downspillsplayspraddlespranglespreadspread eaglespread like wildfirespread outspread-eaglestaggerstand on tiptoesstraddlestragglestretchstretch outstumblesupinenesstake a falltake a floptake a headertake a pratfalltake a spilltake it easytake life easytilttoppletopple downtopple overtottertriptumbleturn turtleunfoldwanderwiden
Noun(2 words)
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73 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- протягане noun (ungainly sprawling posture)
- протягам се verb (to sit with limbs spread out)
- разпръсквам се verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
Catalan
2 entries- eixample noun (haphazard growth)
- arrepapar-se verb (to sit with limbs spread out)
Czech
4 entries- prostírat se verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
- roztahovat se verb (to sit with limbs spread out)
- roztahovat se verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
- rozvalit se verb (to sit with limbs spread out)
Dutch
3 entries- armen en benen uitspreiden verb (to sit with limbs spread out)
- verspreiden verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
- zich uitstrekken verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
Finnish
4 entries- leviäminen noun (haphazard growth)
- retkotus noun (ungainly sprawling posture)
- levitä verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
- rehottaa verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
French
2 entries- s'affaler verb (to sit with limbs spread out)
- s'étaler, s'étendre verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
Galician
2 entries- escarranchar verb (to sit with limbs spread out)
- escarranchar verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
Georgian
1 entries- იშხლართება verb (to sit with limbs spread out)
German
4 entries- Ausbreitung noun (haphazard growth)
- Ausdehnung noun (haphazard growth)
- Ausufern noun (haphazard growth)
- Wuchern noun (haphazard growth)
Hungarian
2 entries- tolóláb noun (ungainly sprawling posture)
- tolólábak noun (ungainly sprawling posture)
Italian
1 entries- stravaccarsi verb (to sit with limbs spread out)
Māori
2 entries- pūkoni verb (to sit with limbs spread out)
- pūkoni verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
Polish
3 entries- rozjebać się verb (to sit with limbs spread out)
- rozsiąść się verb (to sit with limbs spread out)
- rozwalić się verb (to sit with limbs spread out)
Portuguese
2 entries- espalhar verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
- esparramar-se verb (to sit with limbs spread out)
Russian
4 entries- разраста́ние noun (haphazard growth)
- простере́ться verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
- простира́ться verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
- разва́ливаться verb (to sit with limbs spread out)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- zavaliti se verb (to sit with limbs spread out)
Slovak
2 entries- natiahnuť sa verb (to sit with limbs spread out)
- rozvaliť sa verb (to sit with limbs spread out)
Slovene
1 entries- zavaliti se verb (to sit with limbs spread out)
Spanish
4 entries- desparramo noun (haphazard growth)
- descuajaringarse verb (to sit with limbs spread out)
- descuajeringarse verb (to sit with limbs spread out)
- desparramarse verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
Ukrainian
4 entries- розвалитися verb (to sit with limbs spread out)
- розкидатися verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
- розкинутися verb (to sit with limbs spread out)
- розпростертися verb (to sit with limbs spread out)
Sample sentences
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Urban sprawl is said to be a major contributor to global warming.
Source: tatoeba (1438099)
Urban sprawl and chaos create many planning problems.
Source: tatoeba (4311234)
Urban sprawl is environmentally damaging.
Source: tatoeba (5924180)
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