sprawl

intransitive verb

To sit or lie with the body and limbs spread out awkwardly.

intransitive verb

To spread out in a straggling or disordered fashion.

intransitive verb

To cause to spread out in a straggling or disordered fashion.

noun

A sprawling position or posture.

noun

A usually disorderly or haphazard mass, array, or extension.

noun

The act of sprawling.

noun

A sprawling posture; an awkward recumbent attitude: as, to be stretched out in a careless sprawl.

noun

Motion; activity.

To toss the limbs about; work the arms and legs convulsively; in general, to struggle convulsively.

To work one’s way awkwardly along with the aid. of all the limbs; crawl or scramble.