An animal that has escaped from its owner; a wandering animal whose owner is unknown. An animal cannot be an estray when on the range where it was raised, and permitted by its owner to run. A lost animal whose owner is known to the party at hand is not an estray.
An act or instance of wandering.
The situation where a value or signal etc. deviates from the correct or normal value.
To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path.
To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention.
To stray; stray from one's course; err.
To commit adultery.