Word Definitions & Examples
verb
Sense 1
"The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"
"don''t drift from the set course"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
noun
Sense 2
homeless cat
verb
Sense 3
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"
Type of:
tell
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
adjective satellite
Sense 4
"isolated instances of rebellion"
"scattered fire"
"a stray bullet grazed his thigh"
Similar:
sporadic
verb
Sense 5
"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 ro"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
89%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
1
Total Relationships
43
Times Searched
3
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