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▸ noun:  Any domestic animal that has no enclosure nor proper place and company, but that instead wanders at large or is lost; an estray.
▸ noun:  One who is lost, literally or figuratively.
▸ noun:  An act of wandering off or going astray.
▸ noun:  (historical) An area of common land for use by domestic animals generally.
▸ noun:  (British, law, archaic) Often in the form waif(s) and stray(s): an article of movable property, of which the owner is not known (see waif).
▸ noun:  (radio) An instance of atmospheric interference.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To wander from company or outside proper limits; to rove or roam at large; to go astray.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To cause to stray; lead astray.
▸ adjective:  Having gone astray; strayed; wandering
▸ adjective:  In the wrong place; misplaced.
▸ noun:  Ellipsis of stray bullet. [A bullet that, after being fired from a gun, hits an unintended target.]

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