Meaning of "stray" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD STRAY

From Old French estraier, from Vulgar Latin estragāre (unattested), from Latin extrā- outside + vagāri to roam.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF STRAY

stray  [streɪ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STRAY

Stray is a verb and can also act as a noun and an adjective.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb stray in English.

WHAT DOES STRAY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Stray

Stray may refer to: ▪ A feral domestic animal; see also estray ▪ Areas of open grassland in Harrogate and Redcar, England ▪ Strays of York; areas of open grassland in York...

Definition of stray in the English dictionary

The first definition of stray in the dictionary is to wander away, as from the correct path or from a given area. Other definition of stray is to wander haphazardly. Stray is also to digress from the point, lose concentration, etc.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO STRAY

PRESENT

Present

I stray

you stray

he/she/it strays

we stray

you stray

they stray

Present continuous

I am straying

you are straying

he/she/it is straying

we are straying

you are straying

they are straying

Present perfect

I have strayed

you have strayed

he/she/it has strayed

we have strayed

you have strayed

they have strayed

Present perfect continuous

I have been straying

you have been straying

he/she/it has been straying

we have been straying

you have been straying

they have been straying

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I strayed

you strayed

he/she/it strayed

we strayed

you strayed

they strayed

Past continuous

I was straying

you were straying

he/she/it was straying

we were straying

you were straying

they were straying

Past perfect

I had strayed

you had strayed

he/she/it had strayed

we had strayed

you had strayed

they had strayed

Past perfect continuous

I had been straying

you had been straying

he/she/it had been straying

we had been straying

you had been straying

they had been straying

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will stray

you will stray

he/she/it will stray

we will stray

you will stray

they will stray

Future continuous

I will be straying

you will be straying

he/she/it will be straying

we will be straying

you will be straying

they will be straying

Future perfect

I will have strayed

you will have strayed

he/she/it will have strayed

we will have strayed

you will have strayed

they will have strayed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been straying

you will have been straying

he/she/it will have been straying

we will have been straying

you will have been straying

they will have been straying

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would stray

you would stray

he/she/it would stray

we would stray

you would stray

they would stray

Conditional continuous

I would be straying

you would be straying

he/she/it would be straying

we would be straying

you would be straying

they would be straying

Conditional perfect

I would have stray

you would have stray

he/she/it would have stray

we would have stray

you would have stray

they would have stray

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been straying

you would have been straying

he/she/it would have been straying

we would have been straying

you would have been straying

they would have been straying

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you stray
we let´s stray
you stray

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to stray

Past participle

strayed

Present Participle

straying

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «STRAY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «stray» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of stray

abandoned · accidental · chance · deviate · digress · diverge · drift · erratic · foundling · freak · go astray · homeless · lost · meander · odd · philander · play the field · ramble · random · range · roam · roaming · rove · scattered · scattershot · straggle · vagrant · waif · wander

TRANSLATION OF STRAY

Find out the translation of stray to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of stray from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stray» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 走失的动物
• Translator English - Spanish: animal perdido
• English: stray
• Translator English - Hindi: आवारा
• Translator English - Arabic: ضَالّ
• Translator English - Russian: бездомный
• Translator English - Portuguese: vadio
• Translator English - Bengali: বিপথগামী
• Translator English - French: animal errant
• Translator English - Malay: Sesat
• Translator English - German: streunendes Tier
• Translator English - Japanese: 捨array(す)て･･･
• Translator English - Korean: 길 잃은 동물
• Translator English - Javanese: Sumelang
• Translator English - Vietnamese: gia súc bị lạc
• Translator English - Tamil: தவறான
• Translator English - Marathi: भटक्या
• Translator English - Turkish: başıboş
• Translator English - Italian: randagio
• Translator English - Polish: zabłąkane zwierzę
• Translator English - Ukrainian: бездомна тварина
• Translator English - Romanian: vagabond
• Translator English - Greek: αδέσποτο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: verdwaalde
• Translator English - Swedish: vilsekommet djur
• Translator English - Norwegian: spredning

10 QUOTES WITH «STRAY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word stray.

1

Keegan Bradley

It's such an advantage to be able to hit short irons low on command. When it's windy, you'll hit more greens. But low shots are a great strategy in calm conditions, too: The less time the ball hangs in the air, the less time it has to stray off line from the flagstick.

2

Eugene Cernan

If the guidance failed or started to stray or went somewhere we didn't like or the ground didn't like, I could flip a switch, and I could control seven, over seven and a half million pounds of thrust with this handle and fly the thing to the Moon myself.

3

Abbie Cornish

I'm always writing lyrics. I have so many lyrics on so many stray pieces of paper. Everywhere.

4

William Cowper

Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.

5

Roddy Doyle

If you're from Dublin, for example, chances are you live with your family, if you're lucky enough to, right up to the mid-20s. And most of the people I know, when they finally sort of set off on their own, they don't stray all that far.

6

Mark Duplass

If you're locked to the words on the script, as good as those scripted words are, if you didn't have the time to rehearse them correctly or if the perceived dynamic between the actors is different from what the writer imagined, and you're not allowed to stray from that, you're going to have a stilted scene.

7

Dexter Fletcher

I've been lucky enough to do theatre, film, and television for a career. Unless I get offered a job as an astronaut, I won't stray too far from it.

8

Kirk Hammett

I've learned that there's a signature Metallica sound, and if we stray too far from that, our fans get impatient, or they just don't understand, or they miss the point. And I'm not saying that's a good thing or a bad thing; it's just something we have to contend with.

9

Juliana Hatfield

Puerto Rico has a stray dog problem. Tens of thousands of homeless canines - hundreds of thousands, by some estimates - live and die on the streets and beaches all over this Caribbean island of almost four million people.

10

Charlie Hunnam

It could be my downfall, but I don't think it is - Hollywood is run on perception, and if you stray off the path of what you want to do with your career, it's suicide.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STRAY»

Discover the use of stray in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stray and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Stray

But I am a werecat, a shape-shifter, and I live in two worlds. Despite reservations from my family and my Pride, I escaped the pressure to continue my species and carved out a normal life for myself. Until the night a Stray attacked.

Rachel Vincent, 2010

The stray shopping carts of Eastern North America: a guide ...

A must-have for anyone with a passion for shopping carts and a love of the great outdoors.

Julian Montague, 2006

The Ecology of Stray Dogs: A Study of Free-ranging Urban Animals

This study of dog ecology (and behaviour) and of human ecology (and behaviour) discusses the facets of the phenomenon of the urban free-roaming dog. It provides information for students who wish to embark on studies of wild canines.

Alan M. Beck, 1973

Stray Birds

Stray Birds is a collection of words and thoughts by poet and author Rabindranath Tagore. Tagore is known widely as the first Nobel laureate from Asia and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.

Rabindranath Tagore, 2007

A Dog's Life: The Autobiography of a Stray

Squirrel, a stray puppy, tells her life story, from her nurturing mother and brother to making her own way in the world, facing busy highways, changing seasons, and humans both gentle and brutal. Reprint.

Ann M. Martin, 2008

A Stray Drop of Blood

. . Born free, made a slave, married out of her bonds, Abigail never knows freedom until she feels the fire of a stray drop of blood from a Jewish carpenter.

Roseanna M. White, 2009

The Stray Cat Handbook

We highly recommend The Stray Cat Handbook." ?Louise Holton and Becky Robinson, Co-founders, Alley Cat Allies: The National Feral Cat Network "This is a must read for those considering animal rescue work.

Tamara Kreuz, 1999

Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means ...

In the tradition of the best historical and scientific writing, Sex at Dawn unapologetically upends unwarranted assumptions and unfounded conclusions while offering a revolutionary understanding of why we live and love as we do.

Christopher Ryan, Cacilda Jetha, 2012

A Stray View - a new look at dogs in Bangkok and beyond

This book offers a fresh and stimulating perspective that can enlighten how both visitors and residents view the dogs that share our world.

Adrian Hillman

Chateau Stray

In Chateau Stray, Greg and JP have returned four years later to find Bonbonbarely recovered from the tragic loss of her prized breeding dogsfurther devastated when JP's daughter, Lily-Rose, the last female in the Clix Dalmatians' lineage, ...

Gregory Edmont, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STRAY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stray is used in the context of the following news items.

Review: 'Stray Dog' Documents a Complex Veteran

“Stray Dog,” Debra Granik's new documentary, is all about who this man is. Mr. Hall, whose nickname gives the film its title, is a Vietnam veteran, a biker, the ... «New York Times, Jul 15»

Stray pig mugs for camera in back of police car

SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Officers in suburban Detroit took a stray pig into custody, holding the animal in the back of a police vehicle before reuniting it with ... «New York Post, Jun 15»

Pack of Stray Dogs Stand Guard at Animal Lover's Funeral

A woman who spent her life caring for stray dogs received an unexpected -- and surprising -- tribute from the animals when she died. At the funeral for Margarita ... «ABC News, Mar 15»

Mom Killed by Stray Bullet After Protecting Her Children, Shouting at …

... in her San Francisco Bay Area neighborhood, a 30-year-old mother shouted at her two children to run to safety before she was hit by a stray bullet and killed. «NBC Bay Area, Mar 15»

Bra's underwire saves Brazilian woman from stray bullet

RIO DE JANEIRO —A Brazilian news report says an underwire bra saved a woman's life after she was struck near the heart by a stray bullet. Globo television ... «New York Daily News, Feb 15»

Stay or stray? Stats hint at different sexual styles

Taken alone, the 2D:4D study, based on a purely physiological characteristic, yielded higher 'stray' numbers for both men and women -- 62 per cent and 50 per ... «ABC Online, Feb 15»

Rio de Janeiro residents on edge as stray-bullet killings increase

In addition to the fatalities, at least 10 other people have been wounded by stray bullets in recent days, prompting community leaders to complain that a police ... «The Guardian, Jan 15»

Woman struck by stray bullet at Busch Gardens

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Police say a 20-year-old woman waiting to see New Years fireworks at a Florida theme park was struck in the leg by a stray bullet fired from ... «Orlando Sentinel, Jan 15»

Meet Arthur the stray dog who followed an extreme sports team …

The fifth member: Team Peak Performance walk with stray dog Arthur during a stage of the 430-mile Adventure Racing World Championship. He followed the ... «Daily Mail, Nov 14»

Panic at Surat Airport as SpiceJet flight hits a stray BUFFALO on the …

More than 140 passengers on a Delhi-bound flight from Surat had a miraculous escape on Thursday after a stray buffalo ran onto the runway as the aircraft was ... «Daily Mail, Nov 14»