to scraggle

Examples

• All

• The old tree's branches scraggled out in various directions, creating a gnarled appearance.

• The weeds scraggle along the edge of the garden, making it look unkempt.

• They're not like city foxes that are all scraggling and trying to find food.

• His beard scraggles.

  Fiction book (1999)

Synonyms

S

to spread out

vsto scraggle

81 2.8

To move apart and cover a wider area

implies thin uneven growth rather than simple movement apart

S

to sprawl

vsto scraggle

11 4.6

To spread out over a large area in an untidy way

focuses on thin uneven growth rather than wide untidy coverage

S

to straggle

vsto scraggle

5 6.4

To move slowly and get separated from the main group

means spreading thinly and unevenly rather than just irregularly

S

to strew

vsto scraggle

4 6.3

To spread things loosely and messily across an area

describes thin spreading growth rather than deliberate scattering of items

R

to ramify

vsto scraggle

• Specialized

1 8.4

To spread out into many branches like a tree or its roots

is thin untidy spreading rather than organized branching expansion

Antonyms

T

to thicken

37 2.3

Become or make something less runny

N

to neaten

1 3.7

To make something tidy by arranging things in order

How Dense

to overgrow

3 4.4

to spread

768 1.6

to scraggle

• UK

1 8.8

to grow

∞ 1.0

to sprout

63 2.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology