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Meaning of stray


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  stray
      adj 1: not close together in time; "isolated instances of
             rebellion"; "a few stray crumbs" [syn: {isolated},
             {stray}]
      2: (of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from
         home; "a stray calf"; "a stray dog"
      n 1: an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)
      v 1: 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"
           [syn: {roll}, {wander}, {swan}, {stray}, {tramp}, {roam},
           {cast}, {ramble}, {rove}, {range}, {drift}, {vagabond}]
      2: 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" [syn: {stray}, {err}, {drift}]
      3: 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" [syn:
         {digress}, {stray}, {divagate}, {wander}]


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