Associations to the word «Straggle»

Wiktionary

STRAGGLE, verb. To stray from the road, course or line of march.
STRAGGLE, verb. To wander about; ramble.
STRAGGLE, verb. To spread at irregular intervals.
STRAGGLE, verb. 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.
STRAGGLE, verb. To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals.
STRAGGLE, noun. The act of straggling.

Dictionary definition

STRAGGLE, noun. A wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons); "a straggle of outbuildings"; "a straggle of followers".
STRAGGLE, verb. Wander from a direct or straight course.
STRAGGLE, verb. Go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches straggling out quite far".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn