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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a stray horse or sheep.

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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'''.
  • historical An area of common land or place administered for the use of general domestic animals, i.e. "The Stray"
  • The act of wandering or going astray.

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Verb:

  • Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.
  • To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
  • To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray.

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