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Dictionary: strag·gle   (străg'əl) pronunciation
intr.v., -gled, -gling, -gles.
  1. To stray or fall behind.
  2. To proceed or spread out in a scattered or irregular group.
n.
A scattered or disorderly group, as of people or things.

[Middle English straglen, to wander.]

straggler strag'gler n.

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verb

    To grow or spread in a disorderly or planless fashion: spill, sprawl. See order/disorder.

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v

Definition: wander, stray
Antonyms: hurry, run, rush


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: To trail off from the rest.

pronunciation The smallest duckling tends to straggle far behind the others.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - strejfe om, gå enkeltvis, gå sin egen vej, brede sig, vokse vildt, forekomme hist og pist
n. - strejftur

Nederlands (Dutch)
afdwalen, verward raken

Français (French)
v. intr. - pousser tout en longueur, pousser au hasard, retomber en désordre (les cheveux), être disséminé, s'étendre en longueur (un village), entrer/sortir les uns après les autres/par petits groupes détachés, traîner
n. - traînard, avion isolé (qui traîne derrière les autres), (Bot) branche gourmande

Deutsch (German)
n. - verstreute (Menschen)menge, Haufen von Nachzüglern
v. - verstreut stehen, wuchern, zurückbleiben

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σκόρπιος κόσμος
v. - βραδυπορώ, αποκόβομαι (από ομάδα), εκτείνομαι ή απλώνομαι ακατάστατα/ακανόνιστα, σκορπίζω

Italiano (Italian)
gruppo di gente, disperdersi

Português (Portuguese)
v. - perambular, espalhar-se

Русский (Russian)
отставать, идти вразброд, двигаться в беспорядке, блуждать (о мыслях), быть разбросанным, расти одиноко (о дереве)

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - rezagarse, desparramarse
n. - separación, dispersión, rezago

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - gles rad, utspridd rad
v. - komma bort från vägen, sacka efter, hålla sig undan, avvika

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
掉队, 落伍, 散落, 流离, 四散, 散乱

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 掉隊, 落伍, 散落, 流離, 四散
n. - 散亂

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 벗어나다, 헤매다, 흩어져 있다
n. - 흩어짐, 무질서한

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - だらしなく広がる, 散在する, 列からはぐれる, ほつれる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ضال, شارد (فعل) يتلكأ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮פיגר אחר האחרים, השתרך, השתרג, סטה, התפשט, צמח באי-סדר‬
n. - ‮קבוצה של דברים או אנשים נחשלים או מפוזרים‬


 
 
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