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1. Unable to find your way
   "found the straying sheep"

1. Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
   - roll, wander, swan, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
    
2. Wander from a direct course or at random
   "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"
   - err, drift
    
3. Lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
   - digress, divagate, wander

See also: lost, strayer

Type of: go, locomote, move, tell, travel

Encyclopedia: Stray