1. Move about aimlessly or without any fixed destination
   "They strayed from town to town";
   - roll, wander, swan [informal], tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond [archaic]
    
2. Wander from a direct course or at random
   "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her";
   - err, drift
    
3. Depart from a main topic, theme, or purpose in speech or thought
   "She always strays when telling a story";
   - digress, divagate [rare], wander, sidetrack

1. (of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home
   "a stray calf"; "a stray dog"
    
2. Sparsely and randomly scattered or dispersed
   "a stray bullet";
   - isolated

1. An animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)
   "The shelter took in several stray cats after the storm"

Derived forms: strayed, strays, straying

See also: lost, ranging, sporadic

Type of: domestic animal, domesticated animal, go, locomote, move, tell, travel

Encyclopedia: Stray, Tom