25 нояб. 2024 г. · adjective ; 1 · having strayed or escaped from a proper or intended place · stray ; 2 · occurring at random or sporadically. stray thoughts ; 3 · not ...

stray adjective [not gradable] (LOST) ... (of an animal) having no home, or lost: Eric and Lise rescued the stray cat and named her Pashmina. Stray also means ...

stray · ​(of animals normally kept as pets) away from home and lost; having no home. stray dogs. Take your English to the next level · ​separated from other ...

stray in American English · 1. to wander from a given place, limited area, direct course, etc., esp. · 2. to go wrong; be in error; deviate (from what is right).

When you stray, you wander off without paying attention to where you're going, and sometimes you get in trouble.

to move away from the place where you should be, without intending to: I suddenly realized that I had strayed far from the village.

1. an animal (such as a cat or dog) that is lost or has no home; Both of her cats were strays that she found wandering in the neighborhood.

What does the adjective stray mean? There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective stray, one of which is labelled obsolete. See 'Meaning & use' ...

stray (plural strays). Any domestic animal that lacks an enclosure, proper place, or company, but that instead wanders at large or is lost; an estray.