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Definition of 'stray'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) stray
to deviate from the direct or proper course:
to stray from the main road.

2.  stray
to wander; roam:
straying from room to room.

3.  stray
to deviate, as from a moral course.

4.  stray
to become distracted; digress.

5. (n.) stray
a domestic animal found wandering at large or without an owner.

6.  stray
any homeless or friendless person or animal.

7.  stray
a person or animal that strays.

8. (adj.) stray
straying or having strayed.

9.  stray
found or occurring apart from others or as an isolated or casual instance; incidental; occasional.

Etymology: (1250–1300; (v.) ME, aph. var. of astraien, estraien < OF estraier < VL *extrāvagāre to wander out of bounds (see extravagant ))

Definition of 'stray'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) stray
an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)

2. (adj) isolated, stray
not close together in time
"isolated instances of rebellion"; "a few stray crumbs"

3. (verb) stray
(of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home
"a stray calf"; "a stray dog"

4. (verb) roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
"The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"

5. (verb) stray, err, drift
wander from a direct course or at random
"The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course"

6. (verb) digress, stray, divagate, wander
lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
"She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture"

Definition of 'stray'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) stray
to accidentally go into a place where you should not be
tourists who had strayed into a dangerous neighborhood

2. stray
(of your mind) to think about sth that is not what you should focus on
His mind strayed to what she had said last night.

3. (adjective) stray
(of animals) lost and living outdoors
a stray cat/dog

4. stray
not in the correct place
a stray bullet/bomb

5. (noun) stray
a lost dog or cat living outdoors
She brings the strays to the shelter.

Definition of 'stray'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) stray
to wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way

2. (adj) stray
to wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray

3. (adj) stray
figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err

4. (noun) stray
any domestic animal that has an inclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray. Used also figuratively

5. (noun) stray
the act of wandering or going astray

6. (verb) stray
to cause to stray

7. (verb) stray
having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep

Translation of 'stray'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to wander, especially from the right path, place etc The shepherd went to search for some sheep that had strayed; to stray from the point.
Afrikaans: wegloop, die spoor byster	Arabic: يَتوه، يَشْرُد، يَضيع	Bulgarian: отклонявам се
Brazilian: extraviar-se	Czech: zatoulat se	German: sich verlaufen, abkommen
Danish: forvilde sig	Greek: ξεστρατίζω	Spanish: extraviarse, perderse
Estonian: hulkuma,ära eksima	Farsi: از موضوع اصلي دور افتادن	Finnish: eksyä
French: s'écarter de	Hebrew: לִתעוֹת	Hindi: भ्रमण करना, विषय से हट जा
Croatian: odlutati, zalutati	Hungarian: elkóborol	Indonesian: tersesat
Icelandic: flækjast, villast	Italian: allontanarsi; smarrirsi	Japanese: 迷う
Korean: 길을 잃다	Lithuanian: nuklysti, nukrypti, pakly	Latvian: noklīst
Malay: lepas	Dutch: afdwalen	Norwegian: komme på avveier
Polish: błądzić	Persian: از موضوع اصلي دور افتادن	Pashto: له اصلی موضوع څخه لیری کی
Portuguese: extraviar-se	Romanian: a (se) rătăci	Russian: заблудиться; сбиться
Slovak: zatúlať sa	Slovenian: zaiti	Serbian: odlutati
Swedish: förirra sig, gå vilse, sv	Thai: พลัดหลง	Turkish: başıboş dolaşmak
Taiwanese: 迷路	Ukrainian: заблудити; відбитися	Urdu: بے مقصد ادھر ادھر گھومنا
Vietnamese: đi lang thang, đi lạc	Chinese: 迷路
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