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stray
[ strey ]
/ streɪ /
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verb (used without object)
noun
adjective
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Origin of stray
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English verb straien, strayen, from Old French estraier, from unrecorded Vulgar Latin extrāvagāre “to wander out of bounds”; see origin at extravagant
OTHER WORDS FROM stray
stray·er, nounun·stray·ing, adjectiveWords nearby stray
strawweight, straw wine, strawworm, strawy, straw yellow, stray, Strayhorn, strays, strayve, streak, streaking
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How to use stray in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for stray
stray
/ (streɪ) /
verb (intr)
noun
adjective
scattered, random, or haphazarda stray bullet grazed his thigh
Derived forms of stray
strayer, nounWord Origin for stray
C14: from Old French estraier, from Vulgar Latin estragāre (unattested), from Latin extrā- outside + vagāri to roam; see astray, extravagant, stravaig
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