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stray

/ˈstreɪ/

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verb

strays; strayed; straying

[no obj] :to go in a direction that is away from a group or from the place where you should be

Two cows strayed [=wandered] into the woods.

The airplane strayed off course. - often + from

She strayed from the group and got lost.

Her eyes strayed from her computer to the window. [=she stopped looking at her computer and began looking at/out the window] - often used figuratively

She never strayed [=deviated] from the path her parents envisioned for her.

The menu at their house rarely strays (too) far from meat and potatoes.

The class discussion strayed [=deviated] from the original topic.

a straying husband [=a husband who has sexual relations with a woman who is not his wife]

adjective

always used before a noun

of an animal :lost or having no home

a stray cat/dog

separated from another or others of the same kind

a stray sock

not in or going in the proper or intended place

a few stray hairs

He was hit by a stray bullet. [=a bullet that was supposed to go somewhere else]

noun

plural strays

[count] an animal (such as a cat or dog) that is lost or has no home

Both of her cats were strays that she found wandering in the neighborhood.

a person or thing that is separated from a group

I matched up the socks in the laundry but I was left with one stray. [=one extra sock]