Synonyms: stray
Definition: an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)
Similar words: domestic animal, domesticated animal
Definition: any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment
Synonyms: 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
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: go, locomote, travel, move
Definition: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
Usage: How fast does your new car go?; We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus; The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect; The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell; news travelled fast
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
Similar words: go, locomote, travel, move
Definition: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
Usage: How fast does your new car go?; We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus; The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect; The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell; news travelled fast
Definition: not close together in time
Usage: isolated instances of rebellion; a few stray crumbs
Similar words: sporadic
Definition: recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances
Usage: a city subjected to sporadic bombing raids
Synonyms: stray
Definition: (of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home
Usage: a stray calf; a stray dog
Similar words: lost
Definition: no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
Usage: a lost child; lost friends; his lost book; lost opportunities