1. (

• sidetrack ,
• depart ,
• digress ,
• straggle

) wander from a direct or straight course ;

2. (

• sprawl ,
• straggle ,

) go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches straggling out quite far" ;

1. (

• sprawling ,
• straggling ,
• rambling ,
• straggly

) spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly; "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair" ;