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Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary
stray
an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal) (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: domestic animal, domesticated animal
1. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment (Freq. 2) - 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 • Syn: roll, wander, swan, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond • Derivationally related forms: vagabond (for: vagabond), vagabondage (for: vagabond), drifter (for: drift), drifting (for: drift), roving (for: rove), ramble (for: ramble), rambler (for: ramble), roamer (for: roam), tramp (for: tramp), strayer, wanderer (for: wander), wandering (for: wander) • Hypernyms: travel, go, move, locomote • Hyponyms: maunder, gallivant, gad, jazz around • Verb Group: err, drift, wander • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s - Something is ----ing PP - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s PP 2. wander from a direct course or at random (Freq. 1) - The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her - don't drift from the set course • Syn: err, drift • Derivationally related forms: driftage (for: drift), drift (for: drift), drifting (for: drift), errant (for: err), strayer • Hypernyms: travel, go, move, locomote • Verb Group: roll, wander, swan, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s - Somebody ----s PP 3. lose clarity or turn aside especially 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 • Syn: digress, divagate, wander • Derivationally related forms: divagation (for: divagate), digressive (for: digress), digression (for: digress) • Hypernyms: tell • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s - Somebody ----s PP
1. not close together in time (Freq. 2) - isolated instances of rebellion - a few stray crumbs • Syn: isolated • Similar to: sporadic 2. (of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home - a stray calf - a stray dog • Similar to: lost
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