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# straggle

verb (straggles, straggled, straggling)

«straggle» in the English dictionary: in the primary school — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In the primary school

Source: Mova's pupils' dictionary. Licence: [Elamur Cosmic License](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/LICENSE/). Reviewed: the dictionary the pupils of Mova's primary school read; its examples quote the lessons and public-domain tales. Ships with Mova.

### Meaning

1. To straggle is to walk or move behind the others and fall away from the group.
2. To straggle is to grow or spread out untidily, not in neat lines.

### In the lessons

children or travellers who lag behind on a walk or journey; hair or plants spreading loose; in tales some people wander off the path

### Examples

- The little ones straggled behind the class.
- Don't straggle; stay with the group.
- Her hair straggled over her face.
- Weeds straggled along the garden wall.

### Note

nothing for maths