About The Word Straggle
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Straggle
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What's The Definition Of Straggle?
[n] a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons); "a straggle of outbuildings"; "a straggle of followers"
[v] go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches straggling out quite far" [v] wander from a direct or straight course Synonyms | Synonyms for Straggle: depart | digress | sidetrack | sprawl | stray Related Terms | Find terms related to Straggle: See Also | deviate | distribute | divert | group | grouping | spread Straggle In Webster's Dictionary \Strag"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Straggled}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Straggling}.] [Freq. of OE. straken to roam, to
stroke. See {Stroke}, v. t.]
1. To wander from the direct course or way; to rove; to
stray; to wander from the line of march or desert the line
of battle; as, when troops are on the march, the men
should not straggle. --Dryden.
2. To wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble.
The wolf spied out a straggling kid. --L'Estrange.
3. To escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches
of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot too far or
widely in growth.
Trim off the small, superfluous branches on each
side of the hedge that straggle too far out.
--Mortimer.
4. To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals.
``Straggling pistol shots.'' --Sir W. Scott.
They came between Scylla and Charybdis and the
straggling rocks. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
\Strag"gle\, n. The act of straggling. [R.] --Carlyle. |
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