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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024stray /streɪ/USA pronunciation v. [~ + from + object)]- to move away from the proper course, as by wandering:to stray from the main road.
- to become distracted from one's topic or main thought;
to digress:In your essay you are beginning to stray from the topic in this paragraph.
n. [countable] - a domestic animal found wandering or without an owner.
- any homeless person or animal.
adj. [before a noun] - straying or having strayed:a stray cat.
- found or occurring apart from others;
incidental:a few stray hairs.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024stray (strā),USA pronunciation v.i. - to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, esp. without a fixed course or purpose;
ramble:to stray from the main road. - to wander;
roam:The new puppy strayed from room to room. - to go astray;
deviate, as from a moral, religious, or philosophical course:to stray from the teachings of the church. - to digress or become distracted.
n. - a domestic animal found wandering at large or without an owner.
- any homeless or friendless person or animal.
- a person or animal that strays:the strays of a flock.
- Radio and Television strays, static.
adj. - 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 and Televisionundesired:stray capacitance.
- Anglo-French stray, Middle French estrai, derivative of estraier
- Vulgar Latin * extrāvagāre to wander out of bounds (see extravagant); (noun, nominal) Middle English, in part derivative of the verb, verbal, in part
- Middle French estraier
- (verb, verbal) Middle English strayen, aphetic variant of astraien, estraien 1250–1300
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged rove, range.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged meander.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged err.
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