stray

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. i. wander, straggle, roam, rove, ramble; digress; deviate, err.

See deviation, error.

II

(Roget's IV) v.

Syn. rove, roam, swerve, go amiss, go astray, deviate; see also turn 3 , walk 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

wanderer, rover, waif, orphan, vagabond, lost pet, maverick.

II

v.

1. wander roam, rove, drift, range, get lost, ramble, straggle, meander.

2. go wrong deviate, digress, err, go astray, go off course, be in error.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To move about at random, especially over a wide area: drift, gad, gallivant, meander, peregrinate, ramble, range, roam, rove, traipse, wander. See MOVE. 2. To turn away from a prescribed course of action or conduct: depart, deviate, digress, diverge, swerve, veer. Archaic: err. See APPROACH, CORRECT. 3. To turn aside, especially from the main subject in writing or speaking: deviate, digress, divagate, diverge, ramble, wander. Idiom: go off at (or on) a tangent. See APPROACH. II adjective 1. Unable to find the correct way or place to go: astray, disoriented, lost. See SEEK. 2. Without a fixed or regular course: devious, erratic, wandering. See PURPOSE.