Main entry: stray
Definition: an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)
Main entry: divagate, digress, wander, stray
Definition: lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
Usage: She always digresses when telling a story; her mind wanders; Don't digress when you give a lecture
Main entry: tramp, swan, stray, drift, cast, roam, ramble, range, vagabond, wander, roll, rove
Definition: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
Usage: 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
Definition: wander from a direct course or at random
Usage: The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her; don't drift from the set course
Definition: not close together in time
Usage: isolated instances of rebellion; a few stray crumbs
Main entry: stray
Definition: (of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home
Usage: a stray calf; a stray dog