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Definitions of 'stray' Wordnet 

1. (adj) stray
an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)

2. (adj) isolated, stray
not close together in time
"isolated instances of rebellion"; "a few stray crumbs"

3. (verb) stray
(of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home
"a stray calf"; "a stray dog"

4. (verb) roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
"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 rolled from town to town"

5. (verb) stray, err, drift
wander from a direct course or at random
"The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course"

6. (verb) digress, stray, divagate, wander
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"


Definitions of 'stray' Webster 1913 Dictionary 

1. (adj) stray
to wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way

2. (adj) stray
to wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray

3. (adj) stray
figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err

4. (noun) stray
any domestic animal that has an inclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray. Used also figuratively

5. (noun) stray
the act of wandering or going astray

6. (verb) stray
to cause to stray

7. (verb) stray
having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep


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