adj
(obsolete) Running about; not stationary.
n
(project management) A project that requires a stretch of unsustainable overwork, or whose participants feel it is destined to fail.
v
(intransitive, figuratively) To fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray.
n
(education, derogatory) A disreputable university, churning out diplomas to unqualified students.
v
(obsolete) To wander, to roam, move about.
v
(intransitive) To wander about.
v
(idiomatic) to last too long
adj
(informal) Pertaining to errands.
adj
Straying from the proper course or standard, or outside established limits.
n
(obsolete, rare) Wandering or straying.
v
(rare) To range at large, or without restraint.
v
(intransitive) To wander without any particular aim or purpose.
n
(archaic) A wandering beyond limits; excess.
v
(intransitive, UK dialectal) To wander until weary; wander far and wide.
v
(by extension) To engage in disruptive activity outside normal bounds.
v
(intransitive, nonstandard, nonce word) To wander in.
v
To be in an unknown place.
adj
Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way.
v
(intransitive, archaic) To lurk; lie hidden
v
(intransitive) To wander in a wrong path; to stray; to go astray.
v
Alternative spelling of namous [(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) To run away; to leave; to depart.]
n
(obsolete) A wandering about.
adj
(figuratively) Deviating from what is seen as correct, usual or conventional.
adj
(colloquial, Scotland, Northern England) away, not here, off
n
Obsolete form of offscape. [(now rare) The distant part of a view, garden etc.; the background.]
v
(transitive, poetic) To wander or travel over.
n
(informal) Any amount of free time to sleep or rest.
n
The act of one who ranges.
v
Obsolete form of range. [(intransitive) To travel over (an area, etc); to roam, wander.]
v
(transitive) To range or wander over.
v
(intransitive) To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area.
n
Alternative spelling of runaway [A person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes captivity or restrictions.]
adj
(of a horse or other animal) Having escaped from the control of the rider or driver.
n
An outlier; something that has strayed beyond the normal limits.
n
One who is lost, literally or figuratively.
v
To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate.
v
(obsolete) To deviate; to stray; to wander.
n
A roving here and there.
n
The act of one who trips.
adj
Wandering from business or duty; straying; loitering; idle, and shirking duty.
v
(archaic) to wander; to roam; to stray.
v
(intransitive, obsolete) To stray, wander.
v
(dated) To be unemployed; to be looking for work.
v
(intransitive) To stray; stray from one's course; err.
v
To wander away from somewhere.
n
A straying or wandering from the right way, as in religion or morals.
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