STRAY
\stɹˈe͡ɪ], \stɹˈeɪ], \s_t_ɹ_ˈeɪ]\
Definitions of STRAY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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lose clarity or turn aside esp. 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"
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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".
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray.
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Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.
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To cause to stray.
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Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep.
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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.
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The act of wandering or going astray.
By Oddity Software
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To wander from the path or beyond limits; to roam; to err.
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Gone from the right way or beyond limits; wandering; as, a stray dog; irregular; occasional; as, a stray remark.
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A domestic animal that has wandered away or is lost; a person who wanders aimlessly or is lost.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To wander: to go from the inclosure, company, or proper limits: to err: to rove: to deviate from duty or rectitude.
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A domestic animal that has strayed or is lost.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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