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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. Lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
   "She always strays when telling a story";
   - digress, divagate, wander

1. Not close together in time
   "a few stray crumbs";
   - isolated
    
2. (of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home
   "a stray calf"; "a stray dog"

1. An animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)

Derived forms: strays, straying, strayed

See also: lost, sporadic

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

Encyclopedia: Stray