stray

stray  (str)

intr.v. strayed, stray·ing, strays

1.

a. To move away from a group, deviate from the correct course, or go beyond established limits.

b. To become lost.

2. To wander about without a destination or purpose; roam. See Synonyms at wander.

3. To follow a winding course; meander.

4. To deviate from a moral, proper, or right course; err.

5. To become diverted from a subject or train of thought; digress. See Synonyms at swerve.

n.

One that has strayed, especially a domestic animal wandering about.

adj.

1. Straying or having strayed; wandering or lost: stray cats and dogs.

2. Scattered or separate: a few stray crumbs.

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[Middle English straien, from Old French estraier, from estree, highway, from Latin strta; see street.]

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strayer n.

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stray [streɪ]

vb (intr)

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.

4. to deviate from certain moral standards

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology)

a.  a domestic animal, fowl, etc., that has wandered away from its place of keeping and is lost

b.  (as modifier) stray dogs

2. a lost or homeless person, esp a child waifs and strays

3. an isolated or random occurrence, specimen, etc., that is out of place or outside the usual pattern

adj

scattered, random, or haphazard a stray bullet grazed his thigh

[from Old French estraier, from Vulgar Latin estragāre (unattested), from Latin extrā- outside + vagāri to roam; see astray, extravagant, stravaig]

strayer  n

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Stray a number of stray beasts; of stragglers from an army, 1717; a detached fragment, 1789.

Examples: stray of bullocks and heifers, 1717; the scattered stray, 1597.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	stray - an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal) domestic animal, domesticated animal - any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment
Verb	1.	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" roam, rove, vagabond, wander, swan, ramble, range, drift, tramp, cast, roll go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" maunder - wander aimlessly gad, gallivant, jazz around - wander aimlessly in search of pleasure drift, err, stray - 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" wander - go via an indirect route or at no set pace; "After dinner, we wandered into town"
	2.	stray - 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" drift, err go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" rove, stray, roam, vagabond, wander, swan, ramble, range, drift, tramp, cast, roll - 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"
	3.	stray - 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" digress, divagate, wander tell - let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late"
Adj.	1.	stray - not close together in time; "isolated instances of rebellion"; "a few stray crumbs" isolated sporadic - recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances; "a city subjected to sporadic bombing raids"
	2.	stray - (of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home; "a stray calf"; "a stray dog" lost - no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered; "a lost child"; "lost friends"; "his lost book"; "lost opportunities"

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stray

verb

1. wander, roam, go astray, range, drift, meander, rove, straggle, lose your way, be abandoned or lost, stra (S.M.S.) A railway line crosses the park so children must not be allowed to stray.

2. drift, wander, roam, meander, rove, stra (S.M.S.) She could not keep her eyes from straying towards him.

3. digress, diverge, deviate, ramble, get sidetracked, go off at a tangent, get off the point, stra (S.M.S.) Anyway, as usual, we seem to have strayed from the point.

4. be unfaithful, play around (informal), have affairs, play the field (informal), philander, stra (S.M.S.) Some men are womanizers, others would never stray.

adjective

1. lost, abandoned, homeless, roaming, vagrant, stra (S.M.S.) A stray dog came up to him.

2. random, chance, freak, accidental, odd, scattered, erratic, stra (S.M.S.) An 8-year-old boy was killed by a stray bullet.

noun

homeless animal, waif, foundling, stra (S.M.S.), abandoned dog or cat The dog was a stray which had been adopted.

Translations

stray [streɪ]

A. ADJ

1. (= errant) [bullet] → perdido; [sheep] → descarriado; [cow, dog] → extraviado
a stray cat (= lost) → un gato extraviado; (= alley cat) → un gato callejero

2. (= isolated, occasional) → aislado
in a few stray cases → en algunos casos aislados
a few stray cars → algún que otro coche
a few stray thoughts → unos cuantos pensamientos inconexos

B. N

1. (= animal) → animal m extraviado; (= child) → niño/a m/f sin hogar, niño/a m/f desamparado/a

2. strays (Rad) → parásitos mpl

C. VI

1. [animal] (= roam) → extraviarse; (= get lost) → perderse, extraviarse
if the gate is left open the cattle stray → si se deja abierta la puerta las vacas se escapan

2. (= wander) [person] → vagar, ir sin rumbo fijo; [speaker, thoughts] → desvariar
to stray from (also fig) → apartarse de
we had strayed two kilometres from the path → nos habíamos desviado dos kilómetros del camino
they strayed into the enemy camp → erraron el camino y se encontraron en el campamento enemigo
my thoughts strayed to the holidays → empecé a pensar en las vacaciones

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stray [ˈstreɪ]

adj

[dog, cat] → errant(e)
a stray cat → un chat errant

[hair] → rebelle
stray bullet → balle perdue

(= occasional)
Stray pieces of information came my way → Des bribes d'informations me parvenaient.

vi

[person] → s'aventurer

[mind, thoughts, eyes] → errer

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stray

vi (also stray away) → sich verirren, abirren; (also stray about) → (umher)streunen; (fig: thoughts, speaker) → abschweifen; to stray (away) from something (lit, fig) → von etw abkommen; to stray from a path → von einem Weg abkommen; to stray from the path of virtue → vom rechten Weg or vom Pfad der Tugend abkommen; the cattle strayed into the road → die Rinder haben sich auf die Straße verirrt; they strayed into the enemy camp → sie verirrten sich ins feindliche Lager

adj child, bullet, cattle → verirrt; cat, dog etc → streunend attr; (= ownerless) → herrenlos; (= isolated) remarks, houses, cases, hairs → vereinzelt; (= single) remark, success → einzeln; (= occasional) → gelegentlich; thoughts → flüchtig

n

(= dog, cat) → streunendes Tier; (ownerless) → herrenloses Tier; that cat’s a stray → das ist eine herrenlose Katze ? waif

strays pl (Rad) → (atmosphärische) Störungen pl

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stray [streɪ]

1. adj (dog, cat) → randagio/a; (person, cow, sheep) → smarrito/a
he was killed by a stray bullet → è stato ucciso da un proiettile vagante
a few stray cars → qualche rara macchina

2. n (animal) → randagio m

3. vi (animal, get lost) → smarrirsi, perdersi; (wander, person) → allontanarsi, staccarsi dal gruppo; (speaker) → divagare; (thoughts) → vagare
some cows strayed into the garden → delle mucche hanno sconfinato nel giardino
to stray into enemy territory → ritrovarsi in territorio nemico

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stray [streɪ]

1. adj (dog, cat) → randagio/a; (person, cow, sheep) → smarrito/a
he was killed by a stray bullet → è stato ucciso da un proiettile vagante
a few stray cars → qualche rara macchina

2. n (animal) → randagio m

3. vi (animal, get lost) → smarrirsi, perdersi; (wander, person) → allontanarsi, staccarsi dal gruppo; (speaker) → divagare; (thoughts) → vagare
some cows strayed into the garden → delle mucche hanno sconfinato nel giardino
to stray into enemy territory → ritrovarsi in territorio nemico

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stray

v stray [strei]

to wander, especially from the right path, place etc The shepherd went to search for some sheep that had strayed; to stray from the point. wegloop, die spoor byster raak يَتوه، يَشْرُد، يَضيع отклонявам се zatoulat se forvilde sig sich verlaufen, abkommen ξεστρατίζω extraviarse, perderse hulkuma, ära eksima از موضوع اصلي دور افتادن eksyä s'écarter de לִתעוֹת भ्रमण करना, विषय से हट जाना, रास्ता भूल जाना, बहकाना, अलग पड़ जाना, भटक जाना, पथ भ्रष्ट हो जाना, पतित हो जाना odlutati, zalutati elkóborol tersesat flækjast, villast allontanarsi; smarrirsi 迷う 길을 잃다 nuklysti, nukrypti, paklysti noklīst lepas afdwalen komme på avveier błądzić extraviar-se a (se) rătăci заблудиться; сбиться zatúlať sa zaiti odlutati förirra sig, gå vilse, sväva ut พลัดหลง başıboş dolaşmak 迷路 заблудити; відбитися بے مقصد ادھر ادھر گھومنا đi lang thang, đi lạc 迷路

n

a cat, dog etc that has strayed and has no home. wegloopdier, straatdier قِط أو كَلْب شارِد заблудено животно toulavé zvíře omstrejfende dyr; herreløst dyr der Streuner αδέσποτο ζώο animal extraviado hulkuv kass, hulkuv koer ولگرد kulkukissa, kulkukoira (animal) errant חֲסַר בַּיִת भटका जानवर, भटका बच्चा, वायुवैद्युत क्षोभ lutalica, skitnica kóbor állat gelandangan flækingsdÿr, heimilislaust dÿr (animale randagio) はぐれた家畜 (개, 고양이 등) 길 잃은 동물 valkata, bastūnas klaiņojošs/bezmāju dzīvnieks terbiar zwerfdier herreløst dyr przybłęda animal sem dono (animal) rătăcit бродячая собака/кошка túlavé zviera klatež lutalica kringströvande (bortsprunget) övergivet djur สัตว์ที่หลงทาง başıboş hayvan 無家可歸的(動物) бездомна тварина لاوارث جانور gia súc bị lạc 无家可归的(动物）)

adj

1 wandering or lost stray cats and dogs. weglopend شارِد، ضال، تائِه изгубен zatoulaný omstrejfende; herreløs streunend αδέσποτος perdido, extraviado, callejero hulkuv گمشده kulku- errant חֲסַר בַּיִת भटका, भूला भटका zalutao, zabludio elkóborolt sesat flækings- randagio はぐれた 길잃은 benamis, valkataujantis noklīdis; klaiņojošs terbiar zwerf{#169} omstreifende, herreløs bezdomny perdido rătăcit бездомный zatúlaný klateški izgubljen kringströvande, bortsprungen, herrelös ซึ่งพลัดหลง başıboş dolaşan 漫遊的 бездомний آوارہ یا لاوارث lạc, mất 漫游的

2 occasional, or not part of a general group or tendency The sky was clear except for one or two stray clouds. los, enkele شارِد، ليس من المَجْموعَه случаен jednotlivý spredt vereinzelt μεμονωμένος, περιστασιακός aislado juhuslik پراكنده satunnainen isolé תוֹעֶה छुट-पुट, चुटपुट povremen, mjestimičan szórványos terpisah dreifður, strjáll sparso, isolato まばらな 이따금의 nuklydęs, atklydęs nejaušs; nomaldījies beberapa sporadisch spredt, tilfeldig przypadkowy ocasional izolat случайный jednotlivý slučajen zalutao enstaka, spridd ที่พลัดจากกลุ่ม tek tük 偶見的 випадковий, несподіваний کبھی کبھار ملنے والا tản mạn, lác đác 偶见的

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stray → ضَالْ zatoulané zvíře herreløst dyr streunendes Tier αδέσποτο animal perdido kulkukoira / kulkukissa animal errant lutalica randagio 捨て。。。 길 잃은 동물 zwerver spredning zabłąkane zwierzę extraviado бездомный vilsekommet djur สัตว์ที่หลงทาง sürüden ayrılmış gia súc bị lạc 漂泊