Straggle
verb — past tense: straggled ; past participle: straggled ; present participle: straggling ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (To grow or spread in an irregular or untidy manner, not remaining compact, to be scattered over a wide area, to leave, arrive, etc., at scattered regular intervals) ដើរគ្មានរបៀប, រ៉េរ៉ពីក្រោយ
Example: The children straggled in, one by one, Untidy vines straggled over the fence.vines straggle over the fences ដុះច្រងេងច្រងាង
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- The act of straggling.
verb — past tense: straggled ; past participle: straggled ; present participle: straggling ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) 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.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) 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.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals.