stray

Speech parts

1. stray - Noun

2. stray - Adjective

3. stray - Verb

4. stray - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.

To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray.

Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.

To cause to stray.

Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep.

Any domestic animal that has an inclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray. Used also figuratively.

The act of wandering or going astray.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

wander roam rove ramble range digress err drift swerve swan tramp vagabond lost cast isolated
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Antonyms

found finder following remain stay consist
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Hypernyms

move travel tell go locomote domestic animal

Hyponyms

gad maunder gallivant jazz around

Phrases with the word

stray from stray sounds stray variable stray off course stray cat stray away

Derivatives

strayed straying

Anagrams

satyr trays artsy stary yrast

Examples

The gypsies roamed the woods Source: Internet

roving vagabonds Source: Internet

the wandering Jew Source: Internet

The cattle roam across the prairie Source: Internet

the laborers drift from one town to the next Source: Internet

They rolled from town to town Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

strawwoman strawworm strawy stray away stray bullet stray cat