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stray
I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a stray bullet (=one that someone fires by mistake) ▪ He was tragically killed by a stray bullet. a stray cat (=one that has lost its home) ▪ He found a stray cat and started feeding it. a stray dog (=a pet dog that is lost) ▪ He was always bringing home stray dogs. a stray/wayward curl (=hanging in an untidy way) ▪ Emily pushed back a stray curl. stray from/leave the fold ▪ a former advocate of free market economics who had strayed from the fold COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ADVERB far ▪ But it can not stray far from water. ▪ But Ellington, a duke with an imperious streak, never wanted Strayhorn to stray far from his empire. ▪ Jones explores each in turn, calling on other metaphors to illustrate his points, but never strays far from mainstream physics. ▪ It seldom strays far from this retreat, feeding on organisms that float by with the current. ▪ The boy wouldn't have strayed far. ▪ But the boy wouldn't stray far. never ▪ Do women instinctively want to find a mate and never stray? ▪ He never strays far from elegant applications of the theory to field and laboratory studies, many of them his own. ▪ Jones explores each in turn, calling on other metaphors to illustrate his points, but never strays far from mainstream physics. ▪ Over two years of use, for more than 4,000 tests, it has never strayed beyond the permitted margin of error. ▪ They will never stray any more. NOUN path ▪ His body was left to rot as a warning to others who might be tempted to stray from those paths of righteousness. ▪ Red learned never to stray from the path or talk to strangers again. ▪ Remember that if you have strayed from the sensible paths of nutrition on occasion - panic not! ▪ After you'd allowed Water Gypsy to stray into the path of another boat. ▪ Many students had strayed from the socialist path and needed to be reminded of the superiority of the socialist system. PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES waifs and strays ▪ He also made a special study of the outcasts, the waifs and strays of industrial society the vagrants and the idiots. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A number of Charles's men were killed because they had strayed out of formation. ▪ An antimatter atom that strays and touches the container wall would set off a chain-reaction annihilation. ▪ But many other speakers and writers stray into the firing line. ▪ Do women instinctively want to find a mate and never stray? ▪ Fowler may have been 25 yards out but you could see his antennae pick out Bennett straying off his line. ▪ I have perhaps strayed away from matters of industry. ▪ It's still no guarantee that he won't stray. ▪ They were allowed little opportunity to stray from their group. II. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS NOUN bullet ▪ Dimples like heavy rain spotted his wings as stray bullets went through, and then he reached the belt of anti-aircraft fire. ▪ Many people were killed; four white spectators were unintentionally killed by stray bullets. ▪ A stray bullet hit and killed the baby. ▪ Five of the stray bullets bracketed him, whining angrily past to star the wall behind him. ▪ Thirty-two men had got over and the only people hurt had been two patrolling guards hit by stray bullets. ▪ Probably a stray bullet, I guess. cat ▪ The world is full of stray cats, many of them searching hopefully for a new home. ▪ I was merely about to fire a blank to frighten off some stray cats. ▪ A tribe of stray cats scattered as I turned into the yard where Ellen's apartment lay. ▪ A dozen stray cats were asleep under a Con Edison awning and so were two winos. ▪ By next morning some stray cat had eaten much of his back, so all I could do was measure him. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ a stray sock ▪ Four people were killed by stray bullets from the shoot-out. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A stray pixel in the eternal bit map. ▪ Gardeners regularly stroll the grounds, picking up stray pieces of trash and trimming unruly bushes. ▪ I was merely about to fire a blank to frighten off some stray cats. ▪ In a typical year about 40 stray Magellanic penguins used to arrive in the Rio area between June and August. ▪ It soon became apparent that because of an administrative oversight our vehicle had not been insured against stray cattle. ▪ She had been sustained by the stray wolf. III. noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ From a starving stray it was transformed into a contented house cat. ▪ He was some stray who had reminded her of the Scarabae agent. ▪ It gets the undesirable strays off the streets. ▪ Jessica, Chris, and I rode along the creek bed looking for strays. ▪ The family plans to provide a home for the strays.
stray
I. stray1 /streɪ/ verb [INTRANSITIVE] [date : 1200-1300; Language : Old French; Origin : estraier, from Vulgar Latin extragare, from Latin extra- 'outside' + vagari 'to wander'] 1. to move away from the place you should be stray into/onto/from ▪ Three of the soldiers strayed into enemy territory.
2. to begin to deal with or think about a different subject from the main one, without intending to stray into/onto/from ▪ We’re straying into ethnic issues here. ▪ This meeting is beginning to stray from the point.
3. if your eyes stray, you begin to look at something else, usually without intending to stray to/back/over etc ▪ Her eyes strayed to the clock.
4. to start doing something that is wrong or immoral, when usually you do not do this
II. stray2 adjective [ONLY BEFORE NOUN] 1. a stray animal, such as a dog or cat, is lost or has no home
2. accidentally separated from other things of the same kind: ▪ One man was hit by a stray bullet and taken to hospital.
III. stray3 noun [COUNTABLE] 1. an animal that is lost or has no home
2. informal someone or something that has become separated from others of the same kind ⇨ waifs and strays at waif(2)
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