straying

English

Verb

straying

1. present participle and gerund of stray
   • 1951 February, “Notes and News: Lynton & Barnstaple Remains”, in Railway Magazine, page 136:

     Wire netting has been erected in many places to stop straying animals, and most of the level crossing gates are locked and broken.

Noun

straying (countable and uncountable, plural strayings)

1. The act of one who strays; deviation or sin, often sexual infidelity.
   • 2002, Adena Tanenbaum, The Contemplative Soul:

     The soul is described as a dove who once nested in God's protective shade, and her strayings from the straight and narrow are portrayed as a descent into the defiling world of corporeality […]

Anagrams

• stingray