Definitions of straggle [ˈstræg əl]

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Definition of 'straggle'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) straggle
to stray from the road, course, or line of march.

2. straggle
to wander about; ramble.

3. straggle
to spread at irregular intervals:
trees straggling over the hillside.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME straglen, of uncert. orig.)

Definition of 'straggle'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) straggle
a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons)
"a straggle of outbuildings"; "a straggle of followers"

2. (verb) sidetrack, depart, digress, straggle
wander from a direct or straight course

3. (verb) sprawl, straggle
go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way
"Branches straggling out quite far"

Definition of 'straggle'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) straggle
the act of straggling

2. (verb) straggle
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

3. (verb) straggle
to wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble

4. (verb) straggle
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

5. (verb) straggle
to be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals

Translation of 'straggle'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to grow or spread untidily His beard straggled over his chest.
Afrikaans: versprei	Arabic: يَنْتَشِر في غَيْرِ نِظام	Bulgarian: разпростирам се разпиляно
Brazilian: espalhar-se	Czech: růst neuspořádaně	German: wuchern
Danish: sprede sig vildt	Greek: φυτρώνω, απλώνομαι ακανόν	Spanish: extenderse, desparramarse
Estonian: lokkama	Farsi: پخش و پلا بودن	Finnish: repsottaa
French: pousser/tomber en désordr	Hebrew: לִגדוֹל ללא סֵדֶר	Hindi: फैल जाना, बिखर जाना
Croatian: divlje rasti, bujati	Hungarian: összevissza nő	Indonesian: tumbuh jarang
Icelandic: dreifa/láta vaxa óreglule	Italian: (crescere in modo disordi	Japanese: だらだら広がる
Korean: 헝클어지다	Lithuanian: pakrikai augti, stirksoti	Latvian: nekārtīgi augt/plesties;
Malay: tumbuh berterabur	Dutch: slordig hangen	Norwegian: bre seg uryddig
Polish: rozkrzewiać się	Persian: پخش و پلا بودن	Pashto: اواره،متفرق اوسيدل ،متفرق
Portuguese: espalhar-se	Romanian: a creşte în dezordine	Russian: беспорядочно расти
Slovak: rásť neporiadne, nepravid	Slovenian: razrasti se	Serbian: raštrkati
Swedish: bre ut sig, hänga i strip	Thai: กระจัดกระจาย	Turkish: dağınık bir biçimde yayıl
Taiwanese: 蔓生	Ukrainian: рости безладно	Urdu: جا بجا پھیل جانا
Vietnamese: lan ra một cách lung tung	Chinese: 蔓生
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