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1. Spreading out in different directions
   "straggling branches"
   - sprawling, rambling, straggly

1. Wander from a direct or straight course
   - sidetrack, depart, digress
    
2. Go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way
   "Branches straggling out quite far"
   - sprawl

See also: straggler, untidy

Type of: deviate, distribute, divert, spread