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stray

Pronunciation: (strā), [key]
—v.i.
1. to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, esp. without a fixed course or purpose; ramble: to stray from the main road.
2. to wander; roam: The new puppy strayed from room to room.
3. to go astray; deviate, as from a moral, religious, or philosophical course: to stray from the teachings of the church.
4. to digress or become distracted.

—n.
1. a domestic animal found wandering at large or without an owner.
2. any homeless or friendless person or animal.
3. a person or animal that strays: the strays of a flock.
4. strays, Radio.static.

—adj.
1. straying or having strayed, as a domestic animal.
2. found or occurring apart from others or as an isolated or casual instance; incidental or occasional.
3. Radio.undesired: stray capacitance.

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