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straggle

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strag·gle  (strgl)
intr.v. strag·gled, strag·gling, strag·gles
1. To stray or fall behind.
2. To proceed or spread out in a scattered or irregular group.
n.
A scattered or disorderly group, as of people or things.

[Middle English straglen, to wander.]

straggler n.

straggle
Verb
[-gling, -gled]
1. to spread out in an untidy and rambling way: the town straggled off to the east
2. to linger behind or wander from a main line or part [origin unknown]
straggler n
straggly adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.straggle - a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons); "a straggle of outbuildings"; "a straggle of followers"
group, grouping - any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
Verb1.straggle - wander from a direct or straight course
deviate, divert - turn aside; turn away from
2.straggle - go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches straggling out quite far"
spread, distribute - distribute or disperse widely; "The invaders spread their language all over the country"

straggle
Translations
Spanish straggle [ˈstrægl] vi (= wander) → vagar en desorden (= lag behind); rezagarse
French straggle [ˈstrægl] viêtre (or marcher) en désordre;
straggled along the coast → disséminé(e) tout au long de la côte

German straggle [ˈstrægl] vi (houses etc) → verstreut liegen;
(people etc) → zurückbleiben

Italian straggle [ˈstrægl] vicrescere (or estendersi) disordinatamente; trascinarsi; rimanere indietro;
straggled along the coast → disseminati/e lungo la costa

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The shrieks and supplications presently died away in the distance, and soon the horsemen began to straggle back.
It may be a very bad attempt at a briar, but briars don't straggle into the middle of roads frequented as that one seems to be--judging by those overdone ruts.
But if they straggle to pick flowers or hunt lizards, they are sometimes carried off.
 
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