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

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

3. (a.) Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.

4. (v. t.) To cause to stray.

5. (v. i.) Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a stray horse or sheep.

6. (n.) Any domestic animal that has an enclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray. Used also figuratively.

7. (n.) The act of wandering or going astray.

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