Straggle

v. i.	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. [imp. & p. p. Straggled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Straggling .]
	2.	To wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble. The wolf spied out a straggling kid. - L'Estrange.
	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. Trim off the small, superfluous branches on each side of the hedge that straggle too far out. - Mortimer.
	4.	To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals. They came between Scylla and Charybdis and the straggling rocks. - Sir W. Raleigh.
n.	1.	The act of straggling.

Noun	1.	straggle - a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons); "a straggle of outbuildings"; "a straggle of followers"
Verb	1.	straggle - wander from a direct or straight course Synonyms: sidetrack, digress, depart
	2.	straggle - go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches straggling out quite far" Synonyms: sprawl

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