The definition of stray is someone or something that has been separated from where it should be or that is loose and all-by-itself.
(adjective)To stray is to deviate off course or to wander away from where you should be.
(verb)When you wander off course, this is an example of a time when you stray.
See stray in Webster's New World College Dictionary
intransitive verb
Origin: ME straien < OFr estraier < estrée, road, street < LL strata, street
noun
adjective
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See stray in American Heritage Dictionary 4
intransitive verb strayed, stray·ing, strays
Origin:
Origin: Middle English straien
Origin: , from Old French estraier
Origin: , from estree, highway
Origin: , from Latin strāta; see street
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