Definition of Stray

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Definition of Stray

Stray

To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.

To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray.

Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.

To cause to stray.

Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep.

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.

The act of wandering or going astray.

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Stray Quotations

Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
William Cowper

If it takes you 20 or 25 years to establish yourself in one field, you really ought to be careful not to stray too far.
Joshua Lederberg

I can't tell you how many people have asked me to show them Stray Cat Strut and that little diminished run on the C. I guess my brain is wired backwards. I don't know what possessed me to do that, but I did.
Brian Setzer

With the Stray Cats at least, we really took the music somewhere else. First, we wrote our own songs. That's a real weak point in modern classics if you do rockabilly or blues.
Brian Setzer

It could be my downfall, but I don't think it is - Hollywood is run on perception, and if you stray off the path of what you want to do with your career, it's suicide.
Charlie Hunnam

However far fiction writers stray from their own lives and experiences - and I stray pretty far from mine - I think, ultimately, that we may be writing what we need to write in some way, albeit unconsciously.
Wally Lamb

My wife and I have so much fun when we travel and find anything... like stray cats and squirrels.
Eric Roberts

I'm glad that my films have been consistently faring well rather than one stray Friday!
Akshay Kumar

I have always brought home stray animals - everything from squirrels to wild rabbits to foxes and turtles.
Amy Weber

How I long to fall just a little bit, to dance out of the lines and stray from the light.
Dar Williams

Stray Translations

stray in German is abirren, vagabundieren (el.), streunen, streune
stray in Latin is erro, palor

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