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1stray Listen to audio/ˈstreɪ/ verb
strays; strayed; stray·ing
[no obj] : to go in a direction that is away from a group or from the place where you should be
Two cows strayed [=wandered] into the woods. The airplane strayed off course.often + from She strayed from the group and got lost. Her eyes strayed from her computer to the window. [=she stopped looking at her computer and began looking at/out the window]often used figuratively She never strayed [=deviated] from the path her parents envisioned for her. The menu at their house rarely strays (too) far from meat and potatoes. The class discussion strayed [=deviated] from the original topic. a straying husband [=a husband who has sexual relations with a woman who is not his wife]

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