stray
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
stray (plural strays)
- Any domestic animal that has no enclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray.
- (figuratively) One who is lost, either literally or metaphorically.
- The act of wandering or going astray.
- (historical) An area of common land or place administered for the use of general domestic animals, i.e. "the stray"
- French: animal errant
- German: Streuner
- Italian: randagio
- Portuguese: desgarrado, vira-lata
- Russian: бездо́мный
- Spanish: callejero
- French: commun
stray (strays, present participle straying; past and past participle strayed)
- (intransitive) To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
- Thames among the wanton valleys strays.
- (intransitive) To wander from one's limits; to rove or roam at large; to go astray.
- (intransitive, figurative) To wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.
- November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United ↗," guardian.co.uk
- It was a derby that left Manchester United a long way back in Manchester City’s wing-mirrors and, in the worst moments, straying dangerously close to being their own worst enemy.
- November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United ↗," guardian.co.uk
- (transitive) To cause to stray.
- 1591, William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, V. i. 51:
- Hath not else his eye / Strayed his affection in unlawful love,
- 1591, William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, V. i. 51:
- French: errer
- German: irren, streunen
- Italian: vagare, snodare, snodarsi, zigzagare
- Russian: свора́чивать
- Spanish: errar, divagar, callejear, vagabundear
- German: sich verlaufen, verloren gehen
- Italian: estraniarsi
- Russian: плута́ть
- Spanish: extraviarse, perderse, descaminarse, descarriarse
- German: sich irren
- Italian: perdersi
- Russian: сбива́ться с пути́
stray (not comparable)
- Having gone astray; strayed; wandering
- The alley is full of stray cats rummaging through the garbage.
- In the wrong place; misplaced.
- a stray comma
- German: verirrt
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