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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The wolf spied out a straggling kid.  --L'Estrange.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Trim off the small, superfluous branches on each
              side of the hedge that straggle too far out.
                                                    --Mortimer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals.
        ``Straggling pistol shots.'' --Sir W. Scott.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              They came between Scylla and Charybdis and the
              straggling rocks.                     --Sir W.
                                                    Raleigh.
        [1913 Webster]

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.
        ``Straggling pistol shots.'' --Sir W. Scott.
  
              They came between Scylla and Charybdis and the
              straggling rocks.                     --Sir W.
                                                    Raleigh.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  straggled
     vb.
     (infl of en straggle  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  straggled
     vb.
     (infl of en straggle  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  straggled
     vb.
     (infl of en straggle  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  straggled
     vb.
     (infl of en straggle  ed-form)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Straggled /stɹˈaɡəld/
  متيه

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  straggled /stɹˈaɡəld/ 
  rozptýlil

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  straggled /stɹˈaɡəld/ 
  roztrousil

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  straggled /stɹˈaɡəld/
  hinterhergetrottet, nachgezockelt
   see: straggle, straggling
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  straggled /stɹˈaɡəld/
  umhergestreift
   see: straggle, straggling, straggles, straggled
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  straggled /stɹˈaɡəld/
  streifte umher
   see: straggle, straggling, straggled, straggles
  

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈstɹæɡəɫd/


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