v. 1 wander, roam, rove, range, straggle, drift, meander They found the ponies straying up the valley and across the moor 2 deviate, diverge, wander, digress, ramble, divagate, get or go off the track or subject, go off on or at a tangent, get sidetracked She let her mind stray from the matter in hand
n. 3 straggler, vagrant, waif, US dogie They have always taken in and cared for strays
adj. 4 vagrant, lost, roving, roaming, wandering, homeless, derelict, abandoned The problem with stray pets increases when people abandon them on returning home after the summer 5 random, casual, chance, accidental, haphazard, singular, freak, accidental, unexpected A stray bullet caught him in the leg 6 isolated, separate(d), lone, odd, single She brushed a stray hair from her face