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; |
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. | |
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 |
2. | straggle - go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches straggling out quite far" Synonyms: sprawl |