slovodefinícia
straggling
(encz)
straggling,fluktuace n: Zdeněk Brož
straggling
(encz)
straggling,rozptyl n: Zdeněk Brož
Straggling
(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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Straggling
(gcide)
Straggling \Strag"gling\,
a. & n. from Straggle, v.
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straggling
(wn)
straggling
adj 1: spreading out in different directions; "sprawling
handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair"
[syn: sprawling, straggling, rambling, straggly]
podobné slovodefinícia
straggling
(encz)
straggling,fluktuace n: Zdeněk Brožstraggling,rozptyl n: Zdeněk Brož
stragglingly
(encz)
stragglingly, adv:
Stragglingly
(gcide)
Stragglingly \Strag"gling*ly\, adv.
In a straggling manner.
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straggling
(wn)
straggling
adj 1: spreading out in different directions; "sprawling
handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair"
[syn: sprawling, straggling, rambling, straggly]
stragglingly
(wn)
stragglingly
adv 1: in a ragged irregular manner; "a stone wall trails
raggedly through the woods" [syn: raggedly,
stragglingly]

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