To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary.
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.
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.
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To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary.
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.
To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot.
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.
To turn aside; to turn off from any course or intended application; to deflect; as, to divert a river from its channel; to divert commerce from its u…
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A cluster, crowd, or throng; an assemblage, either of persons or things, collected without any regular form or arrangement; as, a group of men or of…
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of Group
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of Spread
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One who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which he belongs; one who falls behind the rest; one who rambl…
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One who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which he belongs; one who falls behind the rest; one who rambl…
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To part; to divide; to separate.
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To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or spea…
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To spread and stretch the body or limbs carelessly in a horizontal position; to lie with the limbs stretched out ungracefully.
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