| 1. wander off, leave the correct course; roam, meander; deviate from the norm, err; digress. lost, wandering, out of place; scattered, random, incidental. one that has strayed; domestic animal that is lost or wandering far from its home. straystray , v. i. [imp. & p. p. strayed ; p. pr. & vb. n. straying.] [of. estraier, estraer, to stray, or as adj., stray, fr. (assumed) l. stratarius roving the streets, fr. l. strata (sc. via) a paved road. see: street, and stray, a.] |