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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lost or unclaimed person or thing |
| Synonyms: | castaway, dogie, drop*, fetch*, flotsam, foundling, homeless one, jetsam, orphan, ragamuffin, stray, urchin |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wander |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | digress; get lost |
| Synonyms: | babble, depart, deviate, divagate, diverge, err, get off the track, get sidetracked, go astray, go off on a tangent, lose one's way, lose train of thought, ramble, rave, shift, stray, swerve, talk nonsense, veer |
| Antonyms: | go direct, stay |
| Main Entry: | wanderer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who travels aimlessly |
| Synonyms: | adventurer, beachcomber, bum, drifter, explorer, floater, gad, gadabout, gallivanter, globe-trotter, gypsy, itinerant, meanderer, nomad, pilgrim, rambler, ranger, roamer, rolling stone, rover, straggler, stray, stroller, traveler, vagabond, vagrant, voyager |
| Main Entry: | maunder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | digress |
| Synonyms: | deviate, drift, ramble, roam, stray, wander |
| Notes: | maunder means to talk incoherently or to speak in a rambling manner or to wander aimlessly or confusedly; meander means to wind or turn in a course or to move in a leisurely way |
| Main Entry: | rove |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wander |
| Synonyms: | drift, gad, gallivant, meander, move, prowl, ramble, range, roam, straggle, stray, stroll |
| Main Entry: | maunder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wander |
| Synonyms: | babble, blather, drift, drivel, mumble, mutter, ramble, stray |
| Notes: | maunder means to talk incoherently or to speak in a rambling manner or to wander aimlessly or confusedly; meander means to wind or turn in a course or to move in a leisurely way |
| Main Entry: | apostatize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defect |
| Synonyms: | abandon, break faith, change sides, desert, fall away from, reject, renounce, sell out, stray, tergiversate |
| Main Entry: | peregrinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rove |
| Synonyms: | drift, float*, gad, gallivant, meander, move, ramble, range, roam, stray, traipse, travel, wander |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cattle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bovine animals |
| Synonyms: | beasts, bovid mammals, bulls, calves, cows, dogies, herd, livestock, longhorn, moo cows, oxen, shorthorns, stock, strays |
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