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| strayed | |
| 1. adj. Having lost one's way; wandering; astray. |  |
| stray | |
| 1. n. Any domestic animal that has no enclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray. | |
| 2. n. (figuratively) One who is lost, either literally or metaphorically. | |
| 3. n. The act of wandering or going astray. | |
| 4. n. (historical) An area of common land or place administered for the use of general domestic animals, i.e. "the stray". | |
| 5. v. (intransitive) To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way. | |
| 6. v. (intransitive) To wander from one's limits; to rove or roam at large; to go astray. | |
| 7. v. (intransitive, figurative) To wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err. | |
| 8. v. To cause to stray. | |
| 9. adj. Having gone astray; strayed; wandering | |
| The alley is full of stray cats rummaging through the garbage. - | |
| 10. adj. In the wrong place; misplaced. | |
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