stray

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A stray dog wanders the streets.

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From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman estrayer (also Old French), and astrey, from Old French estraié, from Low Latin via strata, paved road[1].

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Singular
stray

Plural
strays

stray (plural strays)

  1. 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.
  2. The act of wandering or going astray.
  3. [historical] An area of common land or place administered for the use of general domestic animals, i.e. "The Stray"

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Infinitive
to stray

Third person singular
strays

Simple past
strayed

Past participle
strayed

Present participle
straying

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

  1. To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
  2. To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray.
  3. Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.

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stray (not comparable)

Positive
stray

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

  1. To cause to stray.
  2. Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a stray horse or sheep.

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  • Notes:
  1. ^ Stray in Online Etymology Dictionary

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