Stray

Related Terms:

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Definitions:

Noun

stray

Definition: an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)

Definition: Any domestic animal that has no enclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray.

Verb

roll wander swan stray tramp roam cast ramble rove range drift vagabond

Definition: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"

stray err drift

Definition: wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course"

digress stray divagate wander

Definition: lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture"

Definition: To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.

Adjective

isolated stray

Definition: not close together in time; "isolated instances of rebellion"; "a few stray crumbs"

stray

Definition: (of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home; "a stray calf"; "a stray dog"

Definition: Having gone astray; strayed; wandering