stray
- Noun. 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'''.
- Noun. The act of wandering or going astray.
- Noun. (historical) An area of common land or place administered for the use of general domestic animals, i.e. "The Stray".
- Verb. To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
- Verb. To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray.
- Verb. Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.
- Adjective. Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a stray horse or sheep.
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