n. 25B6; verb
the gazelle had strayed from the herd : WANDER OFF, go astray, get separated, get lost.
we strayed from our original topic : DIGRESS, deviate, wander, get sidetracked, go off at a tangent; get off the subject.
the young men were likely to stray : BE UNFAITHFUL, have affairs, philander; informal play around, play the field.
he strayed from the path of righteousness : SIN, transgress, err, go astray; archaic trespass.
(poetic/literary) straying about in a strange place : ROAM, rove, wander, drift.
25B6; adjective
a stray dog : HOMELESS, lost, strayed, gone astray, abandoned.
a stray bullet : RANDOM, chance, freak, unexpected, isolated, lone, single.
25B6; noun wardens who deal with strays : HOMELESS ANIMAL, stray dog/cat, waif.