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stray, v.
(strayed, straying, strays)
freq. cnt. 3

move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 34 freq. cnt.: 18 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

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

sample sentences

"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"

verb frames

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wandering wanderer

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drifting drifter

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vagabondage vagabond vagabond

semantic pointers

hypernym

go, move, travel, locomote

hyponym

maunder gallivant, gad, jazz around

verb group

drift, stray, err wander

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"

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drifting driftage drift

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go, move, travel, locomote

verb group

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

lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

digress divagate stray wander

sample sentences

"She always digresses when telling a story"
"her mind wanders"
"Don't digress when you give a lecture"

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digressive digression digression

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divagation divagation

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