ALL meanings of straying
stray
S s - verb without object straying to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, especially without a fixed course or purpose; ramble: to stray from the main road. 1
- verb without object straying to wander; roam: The new puppy strayed from room to room. 1
- verb without object straying to go astray; deviate, as from a moral, religious, or philosophical course: to stray from the teachings of the church. 1
- verb without object straying to digress or become distracted. 1
- noun straying a domestic animal found wandering at large or without an owner. 1
- noun straying any homeless or friendless person or animal. 1
- noun straying a person or animal that strays: the strays of a flock. 1
- noun straying strays, Radio. static. 1
- adjective straying straying or having strayed, as a domestic animal. 1
- adjective straying found or occurring apart from others or as an isolated or casual instance; incidental or occasional. 1
- adjective straying Radio. undesired: stray capacitance. 1