English-Thai Dictionary

straggle

VI กระจัดกระจาย  เรี่ยราด  kra-jad-kra-jai

 

straggle

VI หลงทาง  พลัด หลง  stray long-tang

 

straggler

N คนที่ พลัด หลง  คนที่ ยัง ตามมา ไม่ทัน  laggard dawdler kon-ti-pad-long

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STRAGGLE

v.i.stragl. [This word seems to be formed on the root of stray. G., to pass, to migrate. ] 1. To wander from the direct course or way; to rove. When troops are on the march, let not the men straggle.
2. To wander at large without an certain direction or object; to ramble.
The wolf spied a straggling kid.
3. To exuberate; to shoot too far in growth. Prune the straggling branches of the hedge.
4. To be dispersed; to be apart from any main body.
They came between Scylla and Charybdis and the straggling rocks.

 

STRAGGLER

n. 1. A wanderer; a rover; one that departs from the direct or proper course; one that rambles without any settled direction.
2. A vagabond; a wandering shiftless fellow.
3. Something that shoots beyond the rest or too far.
4. Something that stands by itself.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

STRAGGLE

Strag "gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Straggled; p. pr. & vb. n.Straggling. ] Etym: [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.

 

STRAGGLE

STRAGGLE Strag "gle, n.

 

Defn: The act of straggling. [R.] Carlyle.

 

STRAGGLER

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.

 

2. A roving vagabond. Shak.

 

3. Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth. Let thy hand supply the pruning knife, And crop luxuriant stragglers. Dryden.

 

4. Something that stands alone or by itself.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

straggle

strag gle |ˈstragəl ˈstræɡəl | ▶verb [ no obj. ] move along slowly, typically in a small irregular group, so as to remain some distance behind the person or people in front: half the men were already straggling back into the building | (as adj. straggling ) : only a few straggling kids remained. • grow, spread, or be laid out in an irregular, untidy way: her hair was straggling over her eyes. ▶noun an untidy or irregularly arranged mass or group of something: a straggle of cottages. DERIVATIVES strag gler |ˈstrag (ə )lər |noun ORIGIN late Middle English: perhaps from dialect strake ‘go. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

straggle

strag ¦gle |ˈstrag (ə )l | ▶verb [ no obj., usu. with adverbial of direction ] (of an irregular group of people ) move along slowly so as to remain some distance behind the person or people in front: the children straggled behind them | (as adj. straggling ) : the straggling crowd of refugees. • grow, spread, or be laid out in an irregular, untidy way: her hair was straggling over her eyes. ▶noun an untidy or irregularly arranged mass or group: a straggle of cottages. DERIVATIVES straggler noun ORIGIN late Middle English: perhaps from dialect strake ‘go ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

straggle

straggle verb we were straggling toward the end, but we weren't the last ones to cross the finish line: trail, lag, dawdle, walk slowly, dally, lollygag; fall behind, bring up the rear.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

straggle

straggle verb 1 a few of the men were straggling some half a mile behind the rest: trail, lag, dawdle, amble, wander, walk slowly, meander, drift; fall behind, bring up the rear; be strung out. 2 his thin grey hair straggled over the collar of his coat: grow untidily, be messy, be dishevelled, be unkempt. 3 copses of beech and alder straggled along the banks: spread irregularly, sprawl, be scattered, be dispersed.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

straggle

strag gle /strǽɡ (ə )l /動詞 自動詞 1 (道などから )離れる, はぐれる ; 【本隊などから 】落伍 （ご ）する «behind » .2 «…に [を ]» だらだらと [三々五々 ]連なる [進む ], ばらばらに散る [広がる ] «along » ; 〈草などが 〉はびこる ▸ Cows straggled along the lane .牛が小道をぞろぞろと進んだ ▸ Vines straggled over into the yard .ツタは庭の方にも伸び放題になっていた 3 〈家などが 〉散在する, 点在する .

 

straggler

str á g gler 名詞 C 1 仲間にはぐれた人 ; 落伍 （ご ）者 .2 はびこる草木 .