Noun

• S: (n) stray (stray%1:05:00::) (an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal))

Verb

• S: (v) roll (roll%2:38:09::), wander (wander%2:38:00::), swan (swan%2:38:00::), stray (stray%2:38:01::), tramp (tramp%2:38:02::), roam (roam%2:38:00::), cast (cast%2:38:01::), ramble (ramble%2:38:01::), rove (rove%2:38:00::), range (range%2:38:00::), drift (drift%2:38:01::), vagabond (vagabond%2:38:00::) (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"; "They rolled from town to town"
• S: (v) stray (stray%2:38:00::), err (err%2:38:00::), drift (drift%2:38:04::) (wander from a direct course or at random) "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course"
• S: (v) digress (digress%2:32:00::), stray (stray%2:32:00::), divagate (divagate%2:32:00::), wander (wander%2:32:00::) (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"

Adjective

• S: (adj) isolated (isolated%3:00:00:sporadic:00), stray (stray%3:00:00:sporadic:00) (not close together in time) "isolated instances of rebellion"; "a few stray crumbs"
• S: (adj) stray (stray%3:00:00:lost:01) ((of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home) "a stray calf"; "a stray dog"