00780575-v ✪ 'lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking'; V1; 
 
Chinese (simplified) 流浪 , 离题 , 迷路 , 迷失方向
English digress 1 ( ⊳ ⊳ ⊳ ) , stray , divagate ( ⊳ ⊳ ) , wander
Indonesian melayang , membelar , menyimpang , terbabas , berkelana , bergelayangan , melantur , bertualang , mengelana , mengembara , melayang-layang , melanglang , melimbang , merambang , menyeleweng , berputar kayun , merewang , melayapi , berlanglang
Japanese 脱線 , 逸れる , 迷う , 脱線+する , 彷徨う , さ迷う
Definitions
English
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
Japanese
明瞭さを失うあるいは、特に注目の主題、執筆、思考あるいは会話の議論の順序から外れる
― 話をするとき、彼女は、いつも脱線する; 彼女の心はさまよう; 講義をする際には脱線しないで下さい
Relations
Hypernym: tell
Semantic Field: communicationv
Verb Frames
Somebody ----s;   Somebody ----s PP;  
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SUMO: ⊂ Communication

TempoWN: ◁ △ ▶ (Past: 0.000; Present: 0.002; Future: 0.998)

SentiWN: △ ▽ (+0.00 -0.00) MLSentiCon: △ ▼ (+0.00 -0.25)

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