Stray - English meaning
Stray – definitions in English dictionary
verbMove away aimlessly from a group or from the right course or place.
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Dog owners are urged not to allow their dogs to straySynonims:
Wander offGo astrayDriftGet separatedGet lostLose one's wayDigressDeviateWanderGet sidetrackedGo off at a tangentGet off the subjectLose the threadDivagate
adjectiveNot in the right place; separated from the group or target.
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He pushed a few stray hairs from her faceSynonims:
RandomChanceAccidentalFreakUnexpectedCasualHaphazardOddIsolatedLoneSingleScatteredOccasionalIncidentaladjective(of a physical quantity) arising as a consequence of the laws of physics, but unwanted and usually having a detrimental effect on the operation of equipment.
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Stray capacitance
nounA stray person or thing, especially a domestic animal.
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The former stray, who had been mr boffey's companion for the past three years, was later found unha…Synonims:
Homeless animalStray dog/catHomeless personWaifFoundlingPye-dognounElectrical phenomena interfering with radio reception.
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A description of the origin and nature of strays and their classification is given; together with a…
verbTo move away from a place where you should be or from a direction in which you should go
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The children were told to stay together and not to stray., the plane disappeared after straying sev…
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Word origin
Middle English: shortening of Anglo-Norman French and Old French estrayer (verb), Anglo-Norman French strey (noun), partly from astray.
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