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Definition of Stray
1. Adjective. Not close together in time. "A few stray crumbs"
2. Verb. Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment. "They stray in the countryside"; "They rolled from town to town"
Generic synonyms: Go, Locomote, Move, Travel
Specialized synonyms: Maunder, Gad, Gallivant, Jazz Around
Related verbs: Drift, Err, Wander
Derivative terms: Drifter, Drifting, Ramble, Rambler, Roamer, Roving, Strayer, Tramp, Vagabond, Vagabond, Vagabondage, Wanderer, Wandering
3. Noun. An animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal).
4. Adjective. (of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home. "A stray dog"
5. Verb. Wander from a direct course or at random. "Don't drift from the set course"
Generic synonyms: Go, Locomote, Move, Travel
Related verbs: Cast, Drift, Ramble, Range, Roam, Roll, Rove, Swan, Tramp, Vagabond, Wander
Derivative terms: Drift, Driftage, Drifting, Errant, Strayer
6. Verb. Lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking. "Don't digress when you give a lecture"
Generic synonyms: Tell
Derivative terms: Digression, Digression, Digressive, Divagation, Divagation
Definition of Stray
1. v. i. To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
2. v. t. To cause to stray.
3. a. Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep.
4. n. 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.
Definition of Stray
1. Noun. 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'''. ¹
2. Noun. The act of wandering or going astray. ¹
3. Noun. (historical) An area of common land or place administered for the use of general domestic animals, i.e. "The Stray" ¹
4. Verb. To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way. ¹
5. Verb. To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray. ¹
6. Verb. Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err. ¹
7. Adjective. Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a stray horse or sheep. ¹
8. Adjective. In the wrong place; misplaced. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stray
1. to wander from the proper area or course [v -ED, -ING, -S]
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