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Nouns (1)

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

Verbs (4)

v. 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"

Adverbs (0)

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Adjectives (1)

stray

adj. (of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home; "a stray calf"; "a stray dog"

Fuzzynyms (12)

waif, street child

n. a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned; "street children beg or steal in order to survive"

foundling, abandoned infant

n. a child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown

street arab, gamin, throwaway

n. (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets

orphan

n. a young animal without a mother

ragamuffin, tatterdemalion

n. a dirty shabbily clothed urchin

urchin

n. poor and often mischievous city child

wander

v. go via an indirect route or at no set pace; "After dinner, we wandered into town"

Synonyms (7)

fitful, spasmodic

adj. occurring in spells and often abruptly; "fitful bursts of energy"; "spasmodic rifle fire"

intermittent

adj. stopping and starting at irregular intervals; "intermittent rain showers"

periodic, occasional

adj. recurring or reappearing from time to time; "periodic feelings of anxiety"

irregular, unpredictable

adj. not occurring at expected times

Antonyms (0)

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stray

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