(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If someone ~s somewhere, they wander away from where they are supposed to be.
Tourists often get lost and ~ into dangerous areas...
A railway line crosses the park so children must not be allowed to ~.
VERB: V prep/adv, V
2.
A ~ dog or cat has wandered away from its owner’s home.
...a refuge for ~ cats.
ADJ: ADJ n
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Stray is also a noun.
The dog was a ~ which had been adopted.
N-COUNT
3.
If your mind or your eyes ~, you do not concentrate on or look at one particular subject, but start thinking about or looking at other things.
Even with the simplest cases I find my mind ~ing...
= wander
VERB: V
4.
You use ~ to describe something that exists separated from other similar things.
An 8-year-old boy was killed by a ~ bullet...
She shrugged a ~ lock of hair out of her eyes.
ADJ: ADJ n