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" (139 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (42)
Related words (69)
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(9 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related word relations
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More general
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
More specific
6 entriesbody sprawlchair sprawlcity sprawllounging positionlying posturesuburban sprawl
Collocations
9 entriescity sprawlcurb sprawlsprawl acrosssprawl controlsprawl outsprawl policysprawling suburbssuburban sprawlurban sprawl
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
23 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- разпръсквам се verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
Czech
3 entries- prostírat se verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
- roztahovat se verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
- táhnout se verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
Dutch
2 entries- verspreiden verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
- zich uitstrekken verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
Finnish
2 entries- levitä verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
- rehottaa verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
French
1 entries- s'étaler, s'étendre verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
Galician
1 entries- escarranchar verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
German
1 entries- sich ausbreiten verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
Māori
1 entries- pūkoni verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
Portuguese
1 entries- espalhar verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
Russian
4 entries- простере́ться verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
- простира́ться verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
- раски́дываться verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
- раски́нуться verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
Spanish
1 entries- desparramarse verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
Ukrainian
3 entries- розкидатися verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
- розпростертися verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
- розтягтися verb (to spread out in disorderly fashion)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
Urban sprawl is said to be a major contributor to global warming.
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Urban sprawl and chaos create many planning problems.
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Urban sprawl is environmentally damaging.
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Showing 4 of 20 available sentences.