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stray
[ strey ]
verb (used without object)
- to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, especially without a fixed course or purpose:
to stray from the main road.
Synonyms: ,
- to wander; roam:
I strayed through the maze of the forest.
Synonyms: ,
- to go astray; deviate, as from a moral, religious, or philosophical course:
to stray from the teachings of the church.
Synonyms:
- to digress or become distracted:
to stray from the main topic.
noun
- a domestic animal found wandering at large or without an owner:
The humane society traps strays, spays or neuters them, and returns them to the feral colony in which they were found.
- any person or animal who is homeless or friendless:
For a popular girl, she has the oddest misfit friends—her mom says she just can’t help but collect strays.
- a person or animal that strays:
the strays of a flock.
- strays, Radio. static.
adjective
- straying or having strayed, as a domestic animal.
- found or occurring apart from others or as an isolated or casual instance; incidental or occasional.
- Radio. undesired:
stray capacitance.
stray
/ ٰɪ /
verb
- to wander away, as from the correct path or from a given area
- to wander haphazardly
- to digress from the point, lose concentration, etc
- to deviate from certain moral standards
noun
- a domestic animal, fowl, etc, that has wandered away from its place of keeping and is lost
- ( as modifier )
stray dogs
- a lost or homeless person, esp a child
waifs and strays
- an isolated or random occurrence, specimen, etc, that is out of place or outside the usual pattern
adjective
- scattered, random, or haphazard
a stray bullet grazed his thigh
Derived Forms
- ˈٰ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ٰ· noun
- ܲ·ٰ·Բ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of stray1
Word History and Origins
Origin of stray1
Example Sentences
As they moved from station to station in the shadow of the Chargers practice facility, Tyler Conklin seemingly never strayed too far from Justin Herbert.
To make sure the players don’t stray from their diets, Oliver plans and oversees every meal players receive from the team, including the food served on the team’s charter flights.
There are motorised vehicles like cars, buses and motorcycles vying for space with non-motorised transport such as bicycles, cycle rickshaws and handcarts, animal-drawn carts, pedestrians and stray animals.
Mr Musk alleges that OpenAI strayed from its founding mission as a non-profit to develop AI for the benefit of humanity and is therefore in breach of contract.
He shouted at his brother to corral the sheep before they strayed too close to the Israeli patrol.
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