stray
21stray — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb ADVERB ▪ far ▪ The animals hadn t strayed too far. ▪ never, rarely ▪ He never strayed far from his home. ▪ …
22stray — 1 verb (I) 1 to leave the place where you should be without intending to: a warship that had strayed into enemy waters 2 to begin to deal with a different subject than the main one, without intending to: stray into/onto sth: We re straying into… …
23stray — strayer, n. /stray/, v.i. 1. to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, esp. without a fixed course or purpose; ramble: to stray from the main road. 2. to wander; roam: The new puppy strayed from… …
24stray — {{11}}stray (n.) domestic animal found wandering, early 13c., from O.Fr. estraié strayed, pp. of estraier (see STRAY (Cf. stray) (v.)). The adjective is first recorded c.1600. {{12}}stray (v.) c.1300, aphetic of O.Fr. estraier wander about, lit.… …
25stray — 1. verb 1) the gazelle had strayed from the herd Syn: wander off, go astray, get separated, get lost 2) we strayed from our original topic Syn: digress, deviate, wander, get sidetracked, go off at a tangent, veer off; …
26stray — [streɪ] verb [I] I 1) to move away from the correct place or path The plane strayed into enemy airspace.[/ex] 2) to start talking about a new subject without intending to II adj stray [streɪ] 1) lost or without a home a stray cat/dog[/ex] 2)… …
27stray — to copulate extramaritally The lust in wanderlust. On its own: She s lonely as well she might be, married to the sodden and straying major. (Atwood, 1996) And in phrases like stray your affection or stray from the hearth: Stray d …
28stray — v., n., & adj. v.intr. 1 wander from the right place; become separated from one s companions etc.; go astray. 2 deviate morally. 3 (as strayed adj.) that has gone astray. n. 1 a person or thing that has strayed, esp. a domestic animal. 2 (esp. in …
29stray — verb 1》 move away aimlessly from a group or from the right course or place. ↘(of the eyes or a hand) move idly in a specified direction. 2》 be unfaithful to a spouse or partner. adjective 1》 not in the right place; separated from a group. 2》… …
30stray — 1. verb 1) the gazelle had strayed from the herd Syn: wander off, get separated, get lost, drift away 2) we strayed from our original topic Syn: digress, deviate, wander, get sidetracked, go off at a tangent …
