Word

divagate, v.
(divagated, divagates, divagating)

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"

verb frames

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verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

digressive digression digression

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

divagation divagation

semantic pointers

hypernym

tell