stray meaning
EN
[stɹeɪ] [-eɪ] 
US WStray
- Stray may refer to:
- A feral (abandoned or escaped) domestic animal; see also estray
- A term for open grassland used in North Yorkshire, especially Redcar, England
- Examples include:
- Strays of York; areas of open grassland in York
- Strays of Harrogate; areas of open grassland in Harrogate
- NounPLstrays
- Any domestic animal that has no enclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray.
- (figuratively) One who is lost, either literally or metaphorically.
- The act of wandering or going astray.
- (historical) An area of common land or place administered for the use of general domestic animals, i.e. "the stray".
- Any domestic animal that has no enclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray.
- VerbSGstraysPRstrayingPT, PPstrayed
- (intransitive) To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
- (intransitive) To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.
- (transitive) To cause to stray.
- (intransitive) To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
- Adjective
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- "Look here, mine friendt," calmly said the Jew, as the crowd began to scatter to get out of the way of stray bullets, "uf you shood ad me, id vill profe dat you vas a plowhardt und a cowart.
- Poop-smeared dicks caught on video during porno shoots doubtless wind up on the cutting-room floor with the cunt farts, blow job–induced retching, stray pubic hairs, etc.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of stray in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "stray" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.