Definition of straggles Straggles
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What does straggles mean?
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- straggle (v. t.)
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. - straggle (v. t.)
To wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble. - straggle (v. t.)
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. - straggle (v. t.)
To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals. - straggle (n.)
The act of straggling.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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straggle
To spread out in a disorderly fashion.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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straggle
strag′l, v.i. to wander from the course: to ramble: to stretch beyond proper limits: to be dispersed.—ns. Stragg′ler, one who straggles from the course: a wandering fellow: a vagabond: a migratory animal found away from its usual range; Stragg′le-tooth, a misshapen or misplaced tooth.—adv. Stragg′lingly, in a straggling manner.—n. Straggl′ing-mon′ey, money paid for apprehending deserters and men absent without leave: money deducted from the wages of such absentees.—adj. Stragg′ly, straggling, spread out. [For strackle, freq. of M. E. straken—A.S. strÃcan, to go.]
