Word

err, v.
(erred, erring, errs)
freq. cnt. 4

to make a mistake or be incorrect
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

err mistake slip

verb frames

Somebody ----s

verb frames

Somebody ----s

verb frames

Somebody ----s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

error error errancy

lexical pointers

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also see

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

mistake mistake mistake

semantic pointers

hyponym

misremember stumble, slip up, trip up misjudge fall for

wander from a direct course or at random
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

drift err stray

sample sentences

"The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"
"don't drift from the set course"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

drifting driftage drift

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

go, move, travel, locomote

verb group

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