stray

Definition von stray im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray; Any domestic animal that has an inclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray. Used also figuratively; Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err; An area of common land or place administered for the use of general domestic animals, i.e. "The Stray"; To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way; Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a stray horse or sheep; The act of wandering or going astray; {n} a beast that is lost by wandering away; {v} to go astray, wander, err, deviate; You use stray to describe something that exists separated from other similar things. An 8-year-old boy was killed by a stray bullet She shrugged a stray lock of hair out of her eyes; If someone strays somewhere, they wander away from where they are supposed to be. Tourists often get lost and stray into dangerous areas A railway line crosses the park so children must not be allowed to stray; 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. Even with the simplest cases I find my mind straying = wander; Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep; homeless cat; {i} one that has strayed; domestic animal that is lost or wandering far from its home; Used also figuratively; {s} lost, wandering, out of place; scattered, random, incidental; Any domestic animal that has an inclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray; [historical] An area of common land or place administered for the use of general domestic animals, i.e. "The Stray"; A stray dog or cat has wandered away from its owner's home. a refuge for stray cats. Stray is also a noun. The dog was a stray which had been adopted; {f} wander off, leave the correct course; roam, meander; deviate from the norm, err; digress; wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course; To cause to stray; move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"; not close together in time; "isolated instances of rebellion"; "scattered fire"; "a stray bullet grazed his thigh"; wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course"; lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture"
stray off: Get lost, go astray, stray, wander away
stray bullet: bullet that is shot accidentally
stray cat: street cat, cat that has no owner
stray dog: street dog, deserted dog, dog that has no owner
Stray.: estray
strayed: Who has lost his way
strayed: Simple past tense and past participle of stray
To stray: estray
strayed: past of stray
strayer: One who strays; a wanderer
strayer: someone who strays or falls behind
strayer: {i} one who tends to wander, one who strays
straying: unable to find your way; "found the straying sheep"
straying: unable to find your way; "found the straying sheep
straying: present participle of stray
strays: plural of stray
strays: third-person singular of stray

stray

Türkische aussprache

strey

Synonyme

deviate, devious, erratic, homeless, lost, roaming, roving, vagrant, circumlocute, depart, digress, divagate, diverge, do wrong, excurse

Antonyme

remain, stay, go direct

Aussprache

/ˈstrā/ /ˈstreɪ/

Etymologie

[ 'strA ] (noun.) 13th century. From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman estrayer (also Old French), and astrey, from Old French estraié, from Low Latin via strata, paved road in Online Etymology Dictionary.