To straggle is to wander in an indirect, meandering way. Lions often go for the small antelopes that straggle behind the herd.
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;
Noun
a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons); "a straggle of outbuildings"; "a straggle of followers"
Verb
go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches straggling out quite far"
Verb
wander from a direct or straight course
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.
v. t.
To wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble.
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.
v. t.
To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals.
n.
The act of straggling.
Straggle
The wolf spied out a straggling kid.3.
Trim off the small, superfluous branches on each side of the hedge that straggle too far out.4.
They came between Scylla and Charybdis and the straggling rocks.
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;
The act of straggling.
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