STRAGGLE
straggle
Noun
- The act of straggling.
Verb
- To stray from the road, course or line of march.
- He straggled away from the crowd and went off on his own.
- To wander about; ramble.
- To spread at irregular intervals.
- 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.
- To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals.
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