| VERB | motion | stray, roll, wander, swan, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond | move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment |
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| motion | stray, err, drift | wander from a direct course or at random | |
| communication | stray, digress, divagate, wander | lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject / subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | stray, isolated | not close together in time |
| all | stray | (of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home | |
| NOUN | animal | stray | an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal) |
| Sounds | strey' | |
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| Rhymes | ashtray ... x-ray / X-ray: 35 rhymes with rey... | |
| Meaning | not close together in time. | |
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| Example | "a few stray crumbs" | |
| Synonym | isolated | |
| Broader | sporadic | recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances |
| Spanish | aislado, diseminado, disperso | |
| Catalan | aïllat, dispers, disseminat, isolat | |
| Meaning | (of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home. | |
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| Broader | lost | no longer in your possession or control |
| Nouns | stray | an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal) |
| Meaning | An animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal). | |
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| Broader | domestic animal, domesticated animal | Any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment |
| Spanish | callejero | |
| Adjectives | stray | (of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home |
| Verbs | stray | move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment |
| Meaning | Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | roll, wander, swan, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond | |
| Narrower | gallivant, gad, jazz around | wander aimlessly in search of pleasure |
| maunder | wander aimlessly | |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| Similar to | stray, err, drift | wander from a direct course or at random |
| wander | Go via an indirect route or at no set pace | |
| Spanish | caminar, deambular, errar, girar, rondar, vagabundear, vagar | |
| Catalan | caminar, deambular, girar, rondar, vagabundejar, vagarejar, vagar | |
| Nouns | stray | an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal) |
| strayer | someone who strays or falls behind | |
| Meaning | wander from a direct course or at random. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her" | |
| Synonyms | err, drift | |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| Similar to | 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 |
| Spanish | descarriarse, desencaminarse, desviarse, errar | |
| Nouns | strayer | someone who strays or falls behind |
| Meaning | Lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject / subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | digress, divagate, wander | |
| Broader | tell | Let something be known |
| Spanish | desviarse, divagar | |
| Catalan | divagar | |
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