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- Dictionarystray/streɪ/
verb
- 1. move away aimlessly from a group or from the right course or place: "dog owners are urged not to allow their dogs to stray" Similar
adjective
- 1. not in the right place; separated from the group or target: "he pushed a few stray hairs from her face" Similar
- 2. (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: "stray capacitance"
noun
- 1. a stray person or thing, especially a domestic animal.
- 2. electrical phenomena interfering with radio reception.
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STRAY definition: 1. to travel along a route that was not originally intended, or to move outside a limited area: 2…. Learn more.
: to move without conscious or intentional effort. eyes straying absently around the room. : to become distracted from an argument or train of thought. strayed from the point. f. : to wander accidentally from a fixed or chosen route. g.
STRAY meaning: 1. to travel along a route that was not originally intended, or to move outside a limited area: 2…. Learn more.
Stray definition: To be directed without apparent purpose; look in an idle or casual manner.
A stray is a domestic animal, fowl, etc, that has wandered away and is lost. The dog was a stray which had been adopted. American English : stray / sˈtreɪ /
1. to wander away, as from the correct path or from a given area. 2. to wander haphazardly. 3. to digress from the point, lose concentration, etc.
verb. /streɪ/ Verb Forms. [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to move away from the place where you should be, without intending to. He strayed into the path of an oncoming car. Her eyes kept straying over to the clock on the wall. His hand strayed to the telephone. He can’t have strayed far.
STRAY definition: 1. to move away from the place where you should be, without intending to: 2. to start thinking or…. Learn more.
1. If someone strays somewhere, they wander away from where they are supposed to be. [...] 2. A stray dog or cat has wandered away from its owner's home. [...] 3. If your mind or your eyes stray, you do not concentrate on or look at one particular subject, but start thinking about or looking at other things. [...] More. Conjugations of 'stray'
When you stray, you wander off without paying attention to where you're going, and sometimes you get in trouble. Stray can be used as a verb or as a noun. Your attention may stray when you're tired and listening to a very boring lecture.
