- isolated, scattered, stray - not close together in time; "isolated instances of rebellion"; "scattered fire"; "a stray bullet grazed his thigh"
Antonym: continual (indirect, via sporadic)
- alley cat, stray - homeless cat
--1 is a kind of domestic cat, house cat, Felis domesticus, Felis catus
Derived form: verb stray1
- roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond - 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"
--1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun stray1, noun strayer1
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Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
- stray, err, drift - 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"
--2 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun strayer1
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- digress, stray, divagate, wander - 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"
--3 is one way to tell
Sample sentences:
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