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Antonyms for stray

Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : strey
Phonetic Transcription : streɪ

Definition of stray

Origin :
  • c.1300, a shortening of Old French estraier "wander about," literally "go about the streets," from estree "route, highway," from Late Latin via strata "paved road" (see street). On another theory, the Old French word is from Vulgar Latin *estragare, a contraction of *estravagare, representing Latin extra vagari "to wander outside" (see extravagant). Figurative sense of "to wander from the path of rectitude" is attested from early 14c.
  • adj abandoned, wandering
  • verb deviate, err
  • verb wander; get lost
Example sentences :
  • It is present in all his works, in stray letters and detached passages.
  • Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
  • Her thoughts could not stray far from the letter and—from other things!
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • He did not propose to have his plans spoiled by these stray guests.
  • Extract from : « The Little Colonel » by Annie Fellows Johnston
  • As much to me as if a stray, migratory mule had rambled into the wood and found me, and I him.
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • I am such a waif and stray everywhere, that I am liable to be drifted where any current may set.'
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • We think vaguely of the wild dog as if he had run away, like the stray cat.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • He was always a little demon of fury when he chanced upon a stray ptarmigan.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • A sad-looking wreck it was, too, as a result of a stray shell.
  • Extract from : « From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade » by Frederic C. Curry
  • Had he heard from some stray Indian that Spurling was an outlaw, with a price upon his head?
  • Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
  • She was tucking in the stray wisps as the captain, with Bos'n in his arms, came up.
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Synonyms for stray

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