STRAY


Meaning of STRAY in English

n. 25B6; verb

the gazelle had strayed from the herd : WANDER OFF, go astray, get separated, get lost.

we strayed from our original topic : DIGRESS, deviate, wander, get sidetracked, go off at a tangent; get off the subject.

the young men were likely to stray : BE UNFAITHFUL, have affairs, philander; informal play around, play the field.

he strayed from the path of righteousness : SIN, transgress, err, go astray; archaic trespass.

(poetic/literary) straying about in a strange place : ROAM, rove, wander, drift.

25B6; adjective

a stray dog : HOMELESS, lost, strayed, gone astray, abandoned.

a stray bullet : RANDOM, chance, freak, unexpected, isolated, lone, single.

25B6; noun wardens who deal with strays : HOMELESS ANIMAL, stray dog/cat, waif.

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