straggling : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: straggling	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for straggling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
straggling adj spreading out in different directions; "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair" Synonym(s): sprawling, straggling, rambling, straggly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Straggling \Strag"gling\, a. & n. from {Straggle}, v.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Straggle \Strag"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Straggled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Straggling}.] [Freq. of OE. straken to roam, to stroke. See {Stroke}, v. t.] 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. --Dryden. 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. [bd]Straggling pistol shots.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. They came between Scylla and Charybdis and the straggling rocks. --Sir W. Raleigh.