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Definition stray

Etymology 1

From Middle English stray, strey, from Anglo-Norman estray, stray, Old French estrai, from the verb (see below).

Noun

stray (plural strays)

1. Any domestic animal that has no enclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray.
2. (figuratively) One who is lost, either literally or metaphorically.
3. The act of wandering or going astray.
4. (historical) An area of common land or place administered for the use of general domestic animals, i.e. "the stray"

Etymology 2

From Middle English strayen, partly from Old French estraier, from Vulgar Latin via strata, and partly from Middle English strien, streyen, strey?en (“to spread, scatter”), from Old English str??an (“to strew”).

Verb

stray (third-person singular simple present strays, present participle straying, simple past and past participle strayed)

1. (intransitive) To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
2. (intransitive) To wander from one's limits; to rove or roam at large; to go astray.
3. (intransitive, figuratively) To wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.
4. (transitive) To cause to stray.

Etymology 3

From Middle English stray, from the noun (see above).

Adjective

stray (not comparable)

1. Having gone astray; strayed; wandering
2. In the wrong place; misplaced.

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