stray from

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• stray from — phr verb Stray from is used with these nouns as the object: ↑path …   Collocations dictionary

• stray — stray1 [streı] v [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: estraier, from [i]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… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• stray — 01. We ve been feeding a [stray] cat we found for about a week. 02. Be careful of the [stray] dogs in the village; they could be carrying disease. 03. A young child was attacked and badly injured by a pack of [stray] dogs that have been roaming… …   Grammatical examples in English

• stray — stray1 [ streı ] verb intransitive * 1. ) to move away from the correct place or path: Hikers are reminded not to stray from the path. The airplane strayed into Chinese airspace. a ) to move away from a particular subject, usually without meaning …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• stray — I UK [streɪ] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms stray : present tense I/you/we/they stray he/she/it strays present participle straying past tense strayed past participle strayed * 1) to move around without thinking She let her hands stray over… …   English dictionary

• stray — v. (D; intr.) 1) to stray from (to stray from the subject) 2) (d; intr.) to stray into, onto (to stray onto smb. s property) * * * [streɪ] onto (to stray onto smb. s property) (d; intr.) to stray into (D;intr.) to stray from (to stray from the… …   Combinatory dictionary

• stray — strayer, n. /stray/, v.i. 1. to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, esp. without a fixed course or purpose; ramble: to stray from the main road. 2. to wander; roam: The new puppy strayed from… …   Universalium

• stray — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb ADVERB ▪ far ▪ The animals hadn t strayed too far. ▪ never, rarely ▪ He never strayed far from his home. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• stray — 1 verb (I) 1 to leave the place where you should be without intending to: a warship that had strayed into enemy waters 2 to begin to deal with a different subject than the main one, without intending to: stray into/onto sth: We re straying into… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• stray —    to copulate extramaritally    The lust in wanderlust. On its own:     She s lonely as well she might be, married to the sodden and straying major. (Atwood, 1996)    And in phrases like stray your affection or stray from the hearth:     Stray d …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• stray — [[t]streɪ[/t]] v. i. 1) to deviate from the direct or proper course: to stray from the main road[/ex] 2) to wander; roam: straying from room to room[/ex] 3) to deviate, as from a moral course 4) to become distracted; digress 5) a domestic animal… …   From formal English to slang