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sprawl

(n): an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities

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(n): a geographical area constituting a city or town

(n): an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about

(n): the arrangement of the body and its limbs

(v): sit or lie with one's limbs spread out

(v): be seated

(v): be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position

(v): go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way

(v): distribute or disperse widely

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4 months ago yarb said:

Señor García
descends a staircase
hopping on one hand.
Three steps down,
not unnaturally,
he sprains his wrist
and sprawls in the sawdust.

- Peter Reading, The Terrestrial Globe, from Diplopic, 1983

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