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ALL meanings of strays

stray
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  • verb without object strays 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 strays to wander; roam: The new puppy strayed from room to room. 1
  • verb without object strays to go astray; deviate, as from a moral, religious, or philosophical course: to stray from the teachings of the church. 1
  • verb without object strays to digress or become distracted. 1
  • noun strays a domestic animal found wandering at large or without an owner. 1
  • noun strays any homeless or friendless person or animal. 1
  • noun strays a person or animal that strays: the strays of a flock. 1
  • noun strays strays, Radio. static. 1
  • adjective strays straying or having strayed, as a domestic animal. 1
  • adjective strays found or occurring apart from others or as an isolated or casual instance; incidental or occasional. 1
  • adjective strays Radio. undesired: stray capacitance. 1
  • noun plural strays undesired capacitance in equipment, occurring between the wiring, between the wiring and the chassis, or between components and the chassis 0
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