straggling

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.

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[Middle English straglen, to wander.]

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straggler n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

straggling - spreading out in different directions; "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair" rambling, sprawling, straggly untidy - not neat and tidy; "careless and untidy in her personal habits"; "an untidy living room"; "untidy and casual about money"

Translations

straggling [ˈstræglɪŋ] straggly [ˈstræglɪ] ADJ [town] → disperso; [plants] → extendido; [hair] → despeinado, desordenado

straggling [ˈstræg^əlɪŋ] straggly [ˈstrægli] adj [hair] → en désordre

straggling

adj

children, cattle etc → weit verteilt; group of people → ungeordnet; (= straggling behind) → zurückgeblieben, hinterherzottelnd (inf); village → sich lang hinziehend; houses → zerstreut liegend; group, row of houses → auseinandergezogen

(inf: also straggly) hair → unordentlich, zottig; beard → zottig; plant → hochgeschossen; handwriting → krakelig

straggling [ˈstræglɪŋ] straggly [ˈstræglɪ] adj (village) → sparso/a; (hair) → scarmigliato/a; (line) → irregolare; (plant) → che cresce in modo disordinato

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straggling [ˈstræglɪŋ] straggly [ˈstræglɪ] adj (village) → sparso/a; (hair) → scarmigliato/a; (line) → irregolare; (plant) → che cresce in modo disordinato