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stray

(str/eI/ )

Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep.(adjective)

source: webster1913

an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)(noun.animal)

source: wordnet30
Any domestic animal that has an inclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray. Used also figuratively.(noun)

source: webster1913

move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment(verb.motion)

Synonym:
cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander

source: wordnet30
wander from a direct course or at random(verb.motion)

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

Synonym:
drift, err

source: wordnet30
lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking(verb.communication)

Synonym:
digress, divagate, wander

source: wordnet30
To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.(verb)

source: webster1913
To cause to stray.(verb)

source: webster1913

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