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Having no home or having wandered away from home
“That is also when the omnipresent stray dogs are more interested in their siesta than in chasing hapless wayfarers.”
In the wrong place
“Harry tenderly swept stray locks of hair from Meghan's face.”
Random or unexpected in nature
“There had only been a handful of stray sightings in Wales, and I assumed that mine had been a one-off.”
Wandering from place to place, having no settled home
Erring or straying from the accepted course or standards
Not happening on a frequent basis
Having or showing faulty judgment or reasoning
Unable to find one's way
Having only a single instance
Adrift or deviating from the intended position
To deviate from a subject or topic
“The speaker would begin to stray into subjects related to his own personal experience.”
To move away (typically aimlessly) from a group, course or place
“Never stray more than fifty yards along the beach from the car park.”
To lose one's way
“Our pet dog would stray the second we took our eyes off her.”
To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner
“He was a devoted husband who would never stray.”
To commit an offense or act of immorality
“Absolute power tends to corrupt, causing many to stray from what is right and just.”
To linger behind or wander from a main line or part
To move along in the air or on the surface of a liquid
To deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally
To move around or sideways unsteadily
A stray person or animal
“Consider adopting a stray from the local animal shelter.”
One that has been excluded from a society or system, a pariah
One who wanders, who travels aimlessly
A domestic cat that has returned to the wild, or that was born wild
A person who has become deprived of money, status or morals
(dated or humorous) A contemptible or inferior dog
An animal as opposed to a human being
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