Definitions
1.nounAny domestic animal that has no enclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray.
2.nounOne who is lost, either literally or metaphorically.
3.nounThe act of wandering or going astray.
4.nounAn area of common land or place administered for the use of general domestic animals, i.e. "the stray"
5.verbTo wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
6.verbTo wander from one's limits; to rove or roam at large; to go astray.
7.verbTo wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.
8.verbTo cause to stray.