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English to English adjective
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Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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not close together in time | | Example: isolated instances of rebellion
a few stray crumbs
source: wordnet30
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(of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home | | Example: a stray calf
a stray dog
source: wordnet30 noun
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an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal) | | source: wordnet30
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Any domestic animal that has an inclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray. Used also figuratively. | | source: webster1913 verb
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move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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wander from a direct course or at random | | Example: The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her
don't drift from the set course
source: wordnet30
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lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking | | Example: She always digresses when telling a story
her mind wanders
Don't digress when you give a lecture
source: wordnet30
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To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way. | | source: webster1913
| 10 |
To cause to stray. | | source: webster1913
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