stray
Any domestic animal that lacks an enclosure, proper place, or company, but that…Any domestic animal that lacks an enclosure, proper place, or company, but that instead wanders at large or is lost; an estray.
» A stray dog followed Tom home.
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8 sensesAny domestic animal that lacks an enclosure, proper place, or company, but that instead wanders at large or is lost; an estray.
Streuner
бездо́мныйbezdómnyj, бродя́чийbrodjáčij
(figuratively, literally)A person who is lost.
An act of wandering off or going astray.
заблуди́вшийсяzabludívšijsja, шально́йšalʹnój
(historical)An area of common land for use by domestic animals.
An instance of atmospheric interference.
(slang)A casual or offhand insult.
A submissive that has not committed to submit to any particular dominant, particulary in petplay.
(UK, archaic)An article of movable property, of which the owner is not known (see waif).
waifs and strays
- an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)
Examples
132 sentencesA stray dog followed Tom home.
Tom has found another stray dog.
Tom shot at the stray dogs.
Do you ever feed stray dogs?
Tom doesn't feed stray dogs anymore.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English stray, strey, from Anglo-Norman estray, stray, Old French estrai, fromFrom Middle English stray, strey, from Anglo-Norman estray, stray, Old French estrai, from the verb (see below).
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Forms
plural: straysAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
2 related wordsCollocations
6 patterns- stray dog
- a stray dog
- by a stray
- a stray bullet
- stray bullet
- the stray dog