straggle

straggle
intransitive verb
1) (trail)

straggle [along] behind the others — den anderen hinterherzockeln (ugs.)

2) (spread in irregular way) [Dorf, Stadt:] sich ausbreiten; [Häuser, Bäume:] verstreut stehen
3) (grow untidily) [Pflanze:] wuchern; [Haar, Bart:] zottig wachsen
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['stræɡl]
verb
1) (to grow or spread untidily: His beard straggled over his chest.) wuchern
2) (to walk too slowly to remain with a body of eg marching soldiers, walkers etc.) hinterherbummeln
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- straggly
- straggliness
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strag·gle
[ˈstrægl̩]
I. vi
1. (move as a disorganized group) umherstreifen; (fall back) hinterhertrotten, [nach]zockeln fam; (neglect time) [herum]bummeln
the ducklings \straggled behind their mother die Küken watschelten hinter ihrer Mutter her
to \straggle in/out nach und nach kommen/gehen
2. (be dispersed) houses verstreut stehen; settlements verstreut liegen
3. (come in small numbers) sich akk sporadisch einstellen
4. (hang untidily) hair, beard zottelig herunterhängen; (grow) plant wuchern
II. n (of things) Sammelsurium nt; (of people) Ansammlung f
a \straggle of crumbling buildings is all that remains of the village hier und da ein paar verfallende Häuser sind alles, was von dem Dorf übrig geblieben ist
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['strgl]
vi
1) (= spread untidily houses, trees) verstreut liegen; (hair) (unordentlich) hängen; (plant) (in die Länge) wuchern, in die Höhe schießen

the town straggles on for miles — die Stadt zieht sich über Meilen hin

2)

to straggle behind — zurückbleiben, hinterherzockeln (inf)

to straggle behind the leader — in weitem Abstand hinter dem Führer zurückbleiben or hinterherzockeln (inf)

to straggle along the road — die Straße entlangbummeln or -zockeln (inf)

to straggle in/out — vereinzelt kommen/gehen

stop straggling — bleibt beieinander

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straggle [ˈstræɡl] v/i
1. herumstreifen
2. (hinterdrein- etc)bummeln, (-)zotteln
3. a) sich verirren
b) MIL versprengt werden
4. wuchern (Pflanze etc), sich unregelmäßig ausbreiten
5. verstreut liegen oder stehen (Häuser etc), sich hinziehen (Vorstadt etc)
6. fig abschweifen
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intransitive verb
1) (trail)

straggle [along] behind the others — den anderen hinterherzockeln (ugs.)

2) (spread in irregular way) [Dorf, Stadt:] sich ausbreiten; [Häuser, Bäume:] verstreut stehen
3) (grow untidily) [Pflanze:] wuchern; [Haar, Bart:] zottig wachsen
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v.
umherstreifen v.

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