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lose clarity or turn aside esp. from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture"

move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "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".

To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray.

Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.

To cause to stray.

Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep.

Any domestic animal that has an inclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray. Used also figuratively.

The act of wandering or going astray.

To wander from the path or beyond limits; to roam; to err.

Gone from the right way or beyond limits; wandering; as, a stray dog; irregular; occasional; as, a stray remark.

A domestic animal that has wandered away or is lost; a person who wanders aimlessly or is lost.

To wander: to go from the inclosure, company, or proper limits: to err: to rove: to deviate from duty or rectitude.

A domestic animal that has strayed or is lost.

A wandering or lost animal.

To wander; rove from the way; deviate.

Wandering; lost; detached.

To wander; rove; roam.

Having strayed; straying.

A domestic animal that has strayed; an estray.

Gone astray.

To wander, as from a direct course, from company, or from the proper limits; to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to deviate; to roam; to run in a serpentine course.

Having gone astray; wandering.

An animal that has wandered.

n. Any domestic animal that wanders at large or is lost.