stray

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stray Definition

• (n) homeless cat
• (s) not close together in time; "isolated instances of rebellion"; "scattered fire"; "a stray bullet grazed his thigh"
• (v) 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 ro
• (v) 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"
• (v) 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"

stray Synonyms

• alley cat
• cast
• digress
• divagate
• drift
• err
• isolated
• ramble
• range
• roam
• roll
• rove
• scattered
• stray
• swan
• tramp
• vagabond
• wander