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41stray — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. wander, straggle, roam, rove, ramble; digress; deviate, err. See deviation, error. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. rove, roam, swerve, go amiss, go astray, deviate; see also turn 3 , walk 1 . III (Roget s… …
42wander — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. rove, ramble, stroll, walk, range; digress, swerve, deviate, stray; rave, maunder, be delirious; moon; straggle, forage. See travel, deviation, insanity, motion. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To stroll]… …
43swerve — verb (swerved; swerving) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sweorfan to wipe, file away; akin to Old High German swerban to wipe off, Welsh chwerfu to whirl Date: 14th century intransitive verb to turn aside abruptly from a straight line …
44John Lennard — is Professor of British and American Literature at the University of the West Indies, Mona, and a freelance academic and writer.BiographyLennard (b. 1964) grew up in Bristol, England and was educated at Bristol Grammar School and New College,… …
45Ray Tintori — is an American director who has directed short films and music videos for bands MGMT, Chairlift, The Cool Kids,[1] Boy Crisis,[2] and The Killers. Tintori graduated from Wesleyan University in 2006, where he studied film, and from LaGuardia High… …
46ramble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. stroll, saunter, stray, rove, wander; digress, maunder. See travel, loquacity, deviation, diffuseness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To saunter] Syn. stroll, pRomenade, roam, wander; see roam , walk 1 . 2 …
47depart — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To go away] Syn. go, quit, withdraw; see leave 1 . 2. [To deviate; usually used with from] Syn. diverge, turn aside, stray, digress; see deviate . 3. [To die] Syn. perish, expire, pass on; see die 1 . II (Roget s 3… …
48swerve — swerve, veer, deviate, depart, digress, diverge mean to turn aside from a straight line or a defined course. Swerve may refer to a turning aside, usually somewhat abruptly, by a person or material thing {at that point the road swerves to the… …
49deviate — de•vi•ate v. [[t]ˈdi viˌeɪt[/t]] adj., n. [[t] ɪt[/t]] v. at•ed, at•ing, adj. n. 1) to turn aside, as from a route or course 2) to depart, as from an accepted procedure, standard, or course of action 3) to digress, as from a line of thought 4) to …
50digression — noun 1. a message that departs from the main subject • Syn: ↑aside, ↑excursus, ↑divagation, ↑parenthesis • Derivationally related forms: ↑parenthetical (for: ↑parenthesis), ↑ …
