1. Adjective
To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
2. Adjective
To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray.
3. Adjective
Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.
4. Verb
To cause to stray.
5. Verb
Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep.
6. Noun
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.
7. Noun
The act of wandering or going astray.
8. Noun
an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
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