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strays

stray
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [strey]
    • /streɪ/
    • /streɪ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [strey]
    • /streɪ/

Definitions of strays word

  • verb without object strays to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, especially without a fixed course or purpose; ramble: to stray from the main road. 1
  • verb without object strays to wander; roam: The new puppy strayed from room to room. 1
  • verb without object strays to go astray; deviate, as from a moral, religious, or philosophical course: to stray from the teachings of the church. 1
  • verb without object strays to digress or become distracted. 1
  • noun strays a domestic animal found wandering at large or without an owner. 1
  • noun strays any homeless or friendless person or animal. 1
See all 12 definitions of strays

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Origin of strays

First appearance:

before 1250
One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; (v.) Middle English strayen, aphetic variant of astraien, estraien < Middle French estraier < Vulgar Latin *extrāvagāre to wander out of bounds (see extravagant); (noun) Middle English, in part derivative of the v., in part < Anglo-French stray, Middle French estrai, derivative of estraier

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Parts of speech for Strays

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Strays

strays popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for strays

noun strays

  • cattle — Cattle are cows and bulls.
  • dogie — a motherless calf in a cattle herd.
  • dogy — dogie.
  • livestock — the horses, cattle, sheep, and other useful animals kept or raised on a farm or ranch.
  • longhorn — any of numerous, often brightly colored beetles of the family Cerambycidae, usually with long antennae, the larva of which bores into the wood of living or decaying trees.

verb strays

  • deviates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deviate.
  • drifts — Plural form of drift.
  • gads — to move restlessly or aimlessly from one place to another: to gad about.
  • meanders — Plural form of meander.
  • wanders — Plural form of wander.

adjective strays

All 25 Synonyms of strays

Antonyms for strays

noun strays

All 3 Antonyms of strays

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