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Present participle for to linger behind or wander from a main line or part
“By the time we straggle into Bimbila, Schroeder has ridden 20 miles on a bumpy dirt track without a saddle, not complaining once.”
Present participle for grow, spread, or be laid out in an irregular, untidy way
“It grows to about 60 cm high, and is best raised annually from seed or cuttings as it soon starts to straggle and look unattractively untidy.”
Present participle for to spread at irregular intervals
Present participle for to travel unsystematically over, through, or about (a place)
Present participle for to move or progress slowly, failing to keep up with others
Present participle for to move clumsily or ploddingly
(literally or figuratively) Present participle for to deviate from a normal or expected path
Present participle for grow or develop without restraint or discipline
Spread out or expansive
Straight and flat
Having few parts or members relative to the area covered or filled
Wandering from place to place, having no settled home
(of a plant) Putting out long shoots and growing over walls or other plants
Disorganized, lacking order or uniformity
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