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Meanings of stray in English

Portuguese
vadiar
Catalan
vagar
Spanish
descarriarse

Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.

      vadiar
      Portuguese
      divagar
      Catalan
      divagar

      Lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking.

            divagar

            Not close together in time.

                  Related terms

                  Alley cat.

                        Usage of stray in English
                        1
                        Dublin Corporation's new regulations to control stray horses came into effect yesterday.
                        The Irish Times
                        2
                        He included the lines, Among your earthiest words the angels stray .
                        The Irish Times
                        3
                        He was offering to forget the stray, let him come or go.
                        The story of edgar sawtelle
                        4
                        Record how long the chant was able to fend off stray thoughts.
                        Wicca Spellcraft For Men
                        5
                        There are hundreds of stray cats among the holy sites in Jerusalem.
                        BBC
                        6
                        The dancers began to stray in again from the stairways and verandas.
                        A Pair of Patient Lovers
                        7
                        But they have proved reluctant to stray too far into this territory.
                        Reuters
                        8
                        Bernie waited, engine idling, just in case some stray polyp had escaped.
                        Anvil Gate
                        9
                        If it was not, a stray spark could often start a fire.
                        The Guardian
                        10
                        Forget all the grand democratic traditions -it's like mustering stray cats.
                        The Guardian
                        11
                        He would never have been permitted to stray very far from camp.
                        Empire of the Summer Moon
                        12
                        O here is the stray bird, exclaimed Louisa, fluttering in the meshes.
                        Four Early Pamphlets
                        13
                        For that moment I forgot the stray wisps and the Langtry knot.
                        David Malcolm
                        14
                        No chance of a stray nuance breeding some catastrophic intimation of compromise.
                        The Irish Times
                        15
                        A green twilight held the underbrush, broken by stray shafts of light.
                        The bone palace
                        16
                        Not by analysing DNA or finding stray fibres, that's just corroborative detail.
                        The water room
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                        Stray through the time
                        Stray across language varieties
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                        Common
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