stray
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)
Types & categories
- domestic animal hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
The gypsies roamed the woods
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adjective
not close together in time
isolated instances of rebellion
Related & opposite
- sporadic similar to
Sense 4 verb
wander from a direct course or at random
The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 adjective
(of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home
a stray calf
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
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
Types & categories
- tell hypernym
Related & opposite
- digression derivation
- digression derivation
- excursive derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | stray |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | stray |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | domestic animal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ramble |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | wandering |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | drifting |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stray |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | vagabond |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hiker |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rambler |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | straggler |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | vagrant |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bird of passage |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | stray |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | wander |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | maunder |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | gad |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | sporadic |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | drifting |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | driftage |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | straggler |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | drift |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | errant |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | stray |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | stray |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | lost |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | digression |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | digression |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | excursive |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | tell |