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stray
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- pronunciation:
- streI
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun, adjective), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
strays, straying, strayed |
| definition 1: |
to wander from or go beyond a fixed place, course, or practice, or to wander away from a group.
- synonyms:
- deviate, straggle, wander off
- antonyms:
- follow
- similar words:
- apostatize, backslide, drift, err, veer
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| definition 2: |
to deviate from accepted behavior or opinion.
- synonyms:
- deviate
- similar words:
- differ, vary
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| definition 3: |
to wander mentally; digress or be distracted.
- synonyms:
- digress, divagate, wander
- similar words:
- drift, ramble
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| definition 4: |
to roam or meander.
- synonyms:
- divagate, drift, meander, ramble, roam, rove, wander
- similar words:
- mosey, range
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| related words: |
fall, go wrong, meander, mope, wander, warp |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
one that has strayed, esp. a domestic animal that has wandered from its home.
- synonyms:
- waif
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
straying or having strayed; lost or out of place.
a stray doga stray hair- similar words:
- abandoned, homeless, lost, out of place, roaming, wandering
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| definition 2: |
scattered, isolated, or incidental.
a stray clouda stray thought- synonyms:
- scattered
- similar words:
- chance, incidental, isolated, occasional, random, separate
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| related words: |
accidental, aimless |
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| derivation: |
strayer (n.) |
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