Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sprawl
Participle: sprawled
Gerund: sprawling
Indicative
Present
| I | sprawl |
| you | sprawl |
| he;she;it | sprawls |
| we | sprawl |
| you | sprawl |
| they | sprawl |
Perfect
| I | have sprawled |
| you | have sprawled |
| he;she;it | has sprawled |
| we | have sprawled |
| you | have sprawled |
| they | have sprawled |
Past
| I | sprawled |
| you | sprawled |
| he;she;it | sprawled |
| we | sprawled |
| you | sprawled |
| they | sprawled |
Pluperfect
| I | had sprawled |
| you | had sprawled |
| he;she;it | had sprawled |
| we | had sprawled |
| you | had sprawled |
| they | had sprawled |
Future
| I | will sprawl |
| you | will sprawl |
| he;she;it | will sprawl |
| we | will sprawl |
| you | will sprawl |
| they | will sprawl |
Future Perfect
| I | will have sprawled |
| you | will have sprawled |
| he;she;it | will have sprawled |
| we | will have sprawled |
| you | will have sprawled |
| they | will have sprawled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sprawl |
| you | sprawl |
| he;she;it | sprawl |
| we | sprawl |
| you | sprawl |
| they | sprawl |
Perfect
| I | have sprawled |
| you | have sprawled |
| he;she;it | have sprawled |
| we | have sprawled |
| you | have sprawled |
| they | have sprawled |
Imperfect
| I | sprawled |
| you | sprawled |
| he;she;it | sprawled |
| we | sprawled |
| you | sprawled |
| they | sprawled |
Pluperfect
| I | had sprawled |
| you | had sprawled |
| he;she;it | had sprawled |
| we | had sprawled |
| you | had sprawled |
| they | had sprawled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sprawl |
| you | would sprawl |
| he;she;it | would sprawl |
| we | would sprawl |
| you | would sprawl |
| they | would sprawl |
Perfect
| I | would have sprawled |
| you | would have sprawled |
| he;she;it | would have sprawled |
| we | would have sprawled |
| you | would have sprawled |
| they | would have sprawled |
Imperative
| you | sprawl |
| we | Let's sprawl |
| you | sprawl |
Verbs conjugated like 'sprawl'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'sprawl'
scrawl,
spawl,
brawl,
crawl,
drawl,
pawl,
prawn,
prowl,
scrawm,
shawl,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English spraulen, from Old English spreawlian (“move convulsively”), ultimately through a Proto-Germanic form cognate with *spreutaną (“to sprout”) from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to strew”). Compare North Frisian spraweli, Norwegian sprala, Swedish sprala. See: Swedish '
sprala'.
Sample Sentences
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The instant Haley touched the saddle, the mettlesome creature bounded from the earth with a sudden spring, that threw his master sprawling, some feet off, on the soft, dry turf. Sam, with frantic ejaculations, made a dive at the reins, but only succeeded in brushing the blazing palm-leaf afore-named into the horse's eyes, which by no [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] a Yankee, there is nothing for it but to concede; ” and St. Clare rapidly wrote off a deed of gift, which, as he was well versed in the forms of law, he could easily do, and signed his name to it in sprawling capitals, concluding by a tremendous flourish.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)