stray :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

Nouns (1)

n. homeless cat

Verbs (18)

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"

drift, err

v. 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"

sidetrack, digress, depart, straggle

v. wander from a direct or straight course

cast, ramble, swan, range, drift, vagabond, wander, roam, rove

v. 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"

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (2)

isolated, scattered

adj. not close together in time; "isolated instances of rebellion"; "a stray bullet grazed his thigh"

Fuzzynyms (152)

waif

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

gamin, street arab

n. a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets

orphan

n. a child who has lost both parents

ragamuffin, tatterdemalion

n. a dirty shabbily clothed urchin

urchin

n. poor and often mischievous city child

cast, ramble, swan, stray, range, drift, vagabond, wander, roam, rove

trip, travel, jaunt, take trips, make a trip, take a trip

v. make a trip for pleasure

amble, mosey

v. walk leisurely

saunter, stroll

v. walk leisurely and with no apparent aim

promenade, stroll

v. take a walk

coast

v. move effortlessly; by force of gravity

deviate, divert

v. turn aside; turn away from

stray, sidetrack, digress, depart, straggle

v. wander from a direct or straight course

move apart, diverge, draw apart

v. move or draw apart; "The two paths diverge here"

flit, flutter, dart, fleet

v. move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; "The hummingbird flitted among the branches"

fluster

v. be flustered; behave in a confused manner

hover, levitate

v. be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity; "The guru claimed that he could levitate"

pitch, incline, slope

v. be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down"

move apart, diverge, draw apart

v. move or draw apart; "The two paths diverge here"

shift, stir, agitate, budge

v. move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat"

stray, drift, err

v. 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"

cast, ramble, swan, stray, range, drift, vagabond, wander, roam, rove

leave, exit, go out, get out

v. move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"

lag, fall back, fall behind, dawdle

v. hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

dally, tarry, linger

v. leave slowly and hesitantly

flirt, romance, mash, coquette, chat up, dally, coquet, philander, talk amorously

v. talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"

poke, jab, dig, stab, prod

v. poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"

stray, digress, divagate, wander

spread, broadcast, propagate, circulate, disperse, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, diffuse, pass around

v. cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

hit, make, reach, gain, get to, arrive at, attain, get through to

v. reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"

deviate, divert

v. turn aside; turn away from

march, hike

v. walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise; "We were hiking in Colorado"; "hike the Rockies"

shlep, traipse

v. walk or tramp about

bend, deflect, turn away

v. turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest

twist, turn in the opposite direction

v. turn in the opposite direction; "twist one's head"

amble, mosey

v. walk leisurely