meaning of straggles
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.
2. To wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble.
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.
4. To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals.
5. The act of straggling.
6. a wandering or disorderly grouping of things or persons; "a straggle of outbuildings"; "a straggle of
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Related Words
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