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straggle
(encz) | straggle,rozptýlit v: Zdeněk Brož |
straggle
(encz) | straggle,roztrousit v: Zdeněk Brož |
straggle
(encz) | straggle,trousit se v: Jakub Kalousek |
Straggle
(gcide) | Straggle \Strag"gle\, n.
The act of straggling. [R.] --Carlyle.
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Straggle
(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.
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2. To wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble.
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The wolf spied out a straggling kid. --L'Estrange.
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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.
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Trim off the small, superfluous branches on each
side of the hedge that straggle too far out.
--Mortimer.
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4. To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals.
"Straggling pistol shots." --Sir W. Scott.
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They came between Scylla and Charybdis and the
straggling rocks. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
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straggle
(wn) | straggle
n 1: a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons);
"a straggle of outbuildings"; "a straggle of followers"
v 1: wander from a direct or straight course [syn: sidetrack,
depart, digress, straggle]
2: go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches
straggling out quite far" [syn: sprawl, straggle] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
straggle
(encz) | straggle,rozptýlit v: Zdeněk Brožstraggle,roztrousit v: Zdeněk Brožstraggle,trousit se v: Jakub Kalousek |
straggled
(encz) | straggled,rozptýlil v: Zdeněk Brožstraggled,roztrousil v: Zdeněk Brož |
straggler
(encz) | straggler,opozdilec n: Zdeněk Brož |
Straggled
(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.
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2. To wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble.
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The wolf spied out a straggling kid. --L'Estrange.
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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.
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Trim off the small, superfluous branches on each
side of the hedge that straggle too far out.
--Mortimer.
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4. To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals.
"Straggling pistol shots." --Sir W. Scott.
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They came between Scylla and Charybdis and the
straggling rocks. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
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Straggler
(gcide) | Straggler \Strag"gler\, n.
1. One who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper
course, or from the company to which he belongs; one who
falls behind the rest; one who rambles without any settled
direction.
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2. A roving vagabond. --Shak.
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3. Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or
too far; an exuberant growth.
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Let thy hand supply the pruning knife,
And crop luxuriant stragglers. --Dryden.
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4. Something that stands alone or by itself.
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straggle
(wn) | straggle
n 1: a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons);
"a straggle of outbuildings"; "a straggle of followers"
v 1: wander from a direct or straight course [syn: sidetrack,
depart, digress, straggle]
2: go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches
straggling out quite far" [syn: sprawl, straggle] |
straggler
(wn) | straggler
n 1: someone who strays or falls behind [syn: straggler,
strayer] |
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