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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
stray
stray [stray strays strayed straying] verb, adjective, noun BrE [streɪ] NAmE [streɪ]
verb
1. intransitive (+ adv./prep.) to move away from the place where you should be, without intending to
•He strayed into the path of an oncoming car.
•Her eyes kept straying over to the clock on the wall.
•His hand strayed to the telephone.
•He can't have strayed far.
•I strayed a few blocks in the wrong direction and became hopelessly lost.
2. intransitive (+ adv./prep.) to begin to think about or discuss a different subject from the one you should be thinking about or discussing
•My mind kept straying back to our last talk together.
•We seem to be straying from the main theme of the debate.
•The conversation had begun to stray into dangerous territory.
3. intransitive (of a person who is married or in a relationship)to have a sexual relationship with sb who is not your usual partner
•It had never occurred to her that her husband might stray while he was away on business.
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
Middle English: shortening of Anglo-Norman French and Old French estrayer (verb), Anglo-Norman French strey (noun), partly from ↑astray.
Example Bank:
•He never strayed far from his home.
•Her eyes strayed involuntarily.
•Her thoughts strayed to the journey ahead of her.
•His eyes strayed to the telephone.
•The animals hadn't strayed too far.
•The teachers rarely stray away from the approved textbook.
•new penalties for owners who allow their dogs to stray
adjective only before noun
1. (of animals normally kept as pets)away from home and lost; having no home
•stray dogs
2. separated from other things or people of the same kind
•A civilian was killed by a stray bullet.
•a few stray hairs
Word Origin:
Middle English: shortening of Anglo-Norman French and Old French estrayer (verb), Anglo-Norman French strey (noun), partly from ↑astray.
noun
1. an animal that has got lost or separated from its owner or that has no owner
see also ↑waif
2. a person or thing that is not in the right place or is separated from others of the same kind
Word Origin:
Middle English: shortening of Anglo-Norman French and Old French estrayer (verb), Anglo-Norman French strey (noun), partly from ↑astray.
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