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Jan 30, 2012, 10:36:31 PM1/30/12
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stray
[strey]

-v.i.
1. to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, esp. without a fixed course or purpose; ramble: to stray from the main road.
2. to wander; roam: The new puppy strayed from room to room.
3. to go astray; deviate, as from a moral, religious, or philosophical course: to stray from the teachings of the church.
4. to digress or become distracted.

-n.
5. a domestic animal found wandering at large or without an owner.
6. any homeless or friendless person or animal.
7. a person or animal that strays: the strays of a flock.
8. Radio. static.

-adj.
9. straying or having strayed, as a domestic animal.
10. found or occurring apart from others or as an isolated or casual instance; incidental or occasional.
11. undesired: stray capacitance.



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