Straggle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To stray or fall behind.
  • verb-intransitive. To proceed or spread out in a scattered or irregular group.
  • n. A scattered or disorderly group, as of people or things.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To stray from the road, course or line of march.
  • v. To wander about; ramble.
  • v. To spread at irregular intervals.
  • n. The act of straggling.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. 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.
  • verb-intransitive. To wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble.
  • verb-intransitive. 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.
  • verb-intransitive. To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals.
  • n. The act of straggling.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To roam or wander away, or become separated, as from one's companions or the direct course or way; stray.
  • To roam or wander at random, or without any certain direction or object; ramble.
  • To escape or stretch out ramblingly or beyond proper limits; spread widely apart; shoot too far in growth.
  • To be dispersed; be apart from any main body; stand alone; be isolated; occur at intervals or apart from one another; occur here and there: as, the houses straggle all over the district.
  • To rough-dress (a stone for grinding) by a wriggling motion of the dressing-tool, so as to give a roughened surface; rag.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons)
  • v. wander from a direct or straight course
  • v. go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way
    • Verb Form
    straggled    straggles    straggling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    grouping    group    deviate    divert    distribute   
    Cross Reference
    wander   
    Form
    straggler    stragglingly   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ramble   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    bedraggle    gaggle    haggle   
     
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