Definition of stray

• a. - To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
• a. - To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray.
• a. - Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.
• v. t. - To cause to stray.
• v. i. - Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep.
• n. - 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.
• n. - The act of wandering or going astray.