Thesaurus: straggle

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1. 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.
2. v. t. To wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble.
3. 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.
4. v. t. To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals.
5. n. The act of straggling.
6. n. a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons)
7. v. wander from a direct or straight course
8. v. go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way
9. n:30/v:70 n. a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons)