Synonyms:
isolated, stray
Meaning: not close together in time; "isolated instances of rebellion"; "a few stray crumbs"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
stray
Meaning: an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
Meaning: 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"
Synonyms:
stray, err, drift
Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
After a stray job or two by the way, they drew up in the row upon the stand between Cockspur Street and Pall Mall.
There was feverish activity in the ammunition plants, and the hunting of stray Han ships became an enthusiastic sport.
There was feverish activity in the ammunition plants, and the hunting of stray Han ships became an enthusiastic sport.
He works in his rose-garden with a new vim, whistling or even singing to himself stray gay snatches of melodies popular in the 'eighties.
I heard the pick ringing on the limestone soil, its iron tip sometimes giving off sparks when it hit a stray piece of flint on the sea bottom.
Talking to himself to keep up his courage, consulting his compass frequently, that he might not stray from the course in the least, the lad hurried on.
"By the will of the King, from this time until further notice, every stray child found in the realm shall be brought without a moment's delay to the palace.
I shall stroll out this morning, as soon as I've "cleaned myself," and embrace the first stray enterprise that offers. Our Bagdad teems with enchanted carpets.
He had the right imagination that knows just how far it is safe to stray from the truth and just how far to colour it so as to change its shape for his own purposes.
He was in the clasp of the Grand Inquisitor himself, the venerable Pedro Arbuez d'Espila, who gazed at him with tearful eyes, like a good shepherd who had found his stray lamb.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Laika, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Cat, License CC BY-SA 4.0