Stray synonyms
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Unable to find one's way; unavailable, with location unknown.
To move about at random, especially over a wide area
To travel through or over; traverse.
move (related)
To change posture or position; stir:
To turn aside, especially to depart temporarily from the main subject in writing or speaking; stray.
To veer is to turn or swerve sharply or to go off course.
remain (antonym)
To endure or persist:
To move about restlessly or with little purpose, especially in search of pleasure or amusement.
To travel about on foot; trudge; hike
To wander over; roam through
To turn the attention from one subject to another with little clarity or coherence of thought:
To turn aside or deviate to avoid impact.
go amiss
go astray
To turn aside (from a course, direction, standard, doctrine, etc.); diverge; digress
turn (related)
To become sour:
walk (related)
Walk is defined as to travel on foot.
(Western US) To drive (livestock) slowly or far afield, especially for grazing.
To err is defined as to make a mistake or to do something wrong.
To move about at random, especially over a wide area
To move or develop more slowly than expected, desired, etc.; be retarded in motion, development, etc.
A sinuous curve, bend, or loop along the course of a stream or river.
To move about at random, especially over a wide area
To follow an irregularly winding course of motion or growth:
Relating to an event in which all outcomes are equally likely, as in the testing of a blood sample for the presence of a substance.
To move about an area, as in hunting
To move about at random, especially over a wide area
Abbreviation of sine
To move about at random, especially over a wide area
To escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot too far or widely in growth.
To move about at random, especially over a wide area
To move about at random, especially over a wide area
To turn aside or astray (from a path, course, etc.); lose one's way
go direct (antonym)
wander; get lost
The definition of gallivant is to go from place to place for fun or pleasure.
Traipse is to walk about without purpose or to walk about in a tired and reluctant way.
To ramble; digress.
Unable to find the correct way or place to go
Having lost one's direction; confused.
Nomadic
go off at (or on) a tangent
approach (related)
(Intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
seek (related)
Unable to find the correct way or place to go
purpose (related)
Without a fixed or regular course
(Ergative) To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; "” often with forth, or out.
To declare; swear. Used in the phrase I swan as an interjection.
To roll or throw (dice, for example).
To wander or travel about, especially as a vagabond.
scurry (related)
scamper (related)
To move about at random, especially over a wide area
To go away; leave:
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