■ verb
1》 move away aimlessly from a group or from the right course or place.
↘(of the eyes or a hand) move idly in a specified direction.
2》 be unfaithful to a spouse or partner.
■ adjective
1》 not in the right place; separated from a group.
2》 (of a domestic animal) having no home or having wandered away from home.
3》 Physics arising naturally but unwanted and usually detrimental: ~ voltages.
■ noun
1》 a ~ person or thing, especially a domestic animal.
2》 ( ~s ) electrical phenomena interfering with radio reception.
Derivatives
~er noun
Origin
ME: shortening of Anglo-Norman Fr. and OFr. e~er (v.), Anglo-Norman Fr. strey (n.), partly from a~ .