- verbstray (verb) · strays (third person present) · strayed (past tense) · strayed (past participle) · straying (present participle)
- move away aimlessly from a group or from the right course or place:"dog owners are urged not to allow their dogs to stray" · "the military arrested anyone who strayed into the exclusion zone" · "I strayed a few blocks in the wrong direction"
- (of the eyes or a hand) move idly or casually in a specified direction:"her eyes strayed to the telephone"
- (of a person who is married or in a long-term relationship) be unfaithful:"men who stray are seen as more exciting and desirable"
- literarywander or roam in a specified direction:"over these mounds the Kurdish shepherd strays"
adjectivestray (adjective)- not in the right place; separated from the group or target:"he pushed a few stray hairs from her face" · "she was killed by a stray bullet"
- (of a domestic animal) having no home or having wandered away from home:"stray dogs"
- physics(of a physical quantity) arising as a consequence of the laws of physics, not by deliberate design, and usually having a detrimental effect on the operation or efficiency of equipment:"stray capacitance"
nounstray (noun) · strays (plural noun)- a stray person or thing, especially a domestic animal.
- (strays)electrical phenomena interfering with radio reception.
OriginMiddle English: shortening of Anglo-Norman French and Old French estrayer (verb), Anglo-Norman French strey (noun), partly from astray.Similar and Opposite Wordsverbadjective- not in the right place; separated from the group or target:
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- The word "stray" has multiple meanings:123
- (Adjective) Refers to an animal that has no home or is lost.
- (Verb) Means to wander from a group or from the proper place.
- (Verb) Can also mean to deviate from the direct course or go beyond the proper limits.
Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.stray adjective [not gradable] (LOST) (of an animal) having no home, or lost: Eric and Lise rescued the stray cat and named her Pashmina. Stray also means happening by chance and lacking direction: It was just a stray thought I had while washing the dishes.dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/stray: to wander from a group or from the proper place : roam the dog strayed from the yard 2 : to wander from a fixed or chosen route or at random accidentally strayed off the path 3 : to become distracted from an argument or chain of thoughtwww.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strayStray definition: to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, especially without a fixed course or purpose. See examples of STRAY used in a sentence.www.dictionary.com/browse/stray Explore further
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