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stray

 
Adjective stray has 1 sense
  1. isolated, scattered, stray - not close together in time; "isolated instances of rebellion"; "scattered fire"; "a stray bullet grazed his thigh"
    Antonym: continual (indirect, via sporadic)
Noun stray has 1 sense
  1. alley cat, stray - homeless cat
    --1 is a kind of domestic cat, house cat, Felis domesticus, Felis catus
    Derived form: verb stray1
Verb stray has 3 senses
  1. roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond - 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"
    --1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
    Derived forms: noun stray1, noun strayer1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s PP
  2. stray, err, drift - 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"
    --2 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
    Derived form: noun strayer1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
  3. digress, stray, divagate, wander - 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"
    --3 is one way to tell
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
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