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to straggle behind the leader

  • 1 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
    * * *
    ['stræɡl]
    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
    2)

    to straggle behind — zurückbleiben, hinterherzockeln (inf)

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

    to straggle in/out — vereinzelt kommen/gehen

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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

    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
    * * *
    v.
    umherstreifen v.

    English-german dictionary > straggle

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