stray
stray · more stray · most stray
бездомный, заблудившийся
verirrt, streunend
Having gone astray; strayed; wanderingHaving gone astray; strayed; wandering.
/stɹeɪ/
» A stray dog followed Tom home.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 sensesHaving gone astray; strayed; wandering.
The alley is full of stray cats rummaging through the garbage.
streunend
бездо́мныйbezdómnyj, заблуди́вшийсяzabludívšijsja
In the wrong place; misplaced.
a stray comma
a stray bullet
verirrt
More definitions
- (of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home
- not close together in time
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
5 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
having gone astray:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
having gone astray:
in the wrong place:
Origin
From Middle English stray, from the noun (see above).From Middle English stray, from the noun (see above).
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Forms
more stray/strayer, most stray/strayest| Comparative | more stray / strayer Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most stray / strayest Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- not close together in time:isolated
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
6 patterns- stray dog
- a stray dog
- by a stray
- a stray bullet
- stray bullet
- the stray dog