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stray

noun

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Senses

Sense 1 noun

an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)

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Sense 2 verb

move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

The gypsies roamed the woods

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Sense 3 adjective

not close together in time

isolated instances of rebellion

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Sense 4 verb

wander from a direct course or at random

The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her

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Sense 5 adjective

(of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home

a stray calf

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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

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SenseRelationGroupWord
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