Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - stray
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Stray
stray
~1 v 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 ethnic issues here. | stray from the subject/point/question) (Try not to stray from the point in your answers.) ~2 adj only before noun 1 a stray animal walks around because it is lost or has no home 2 accidentally separated from other things of the same kind (A stray spark must have started the blaze. | a few stray wisps of hair) ~3 n 1 an animal that is lost and cannot find its home or has no home 2 informal someone or something that has become separated from others of the same kind (- see also waifs and strays waif (2))
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(strays, straying, strayed) 1. If someone strays somewhere, they wander away from where they are supposed to be. Tourists often get lost and stray into dangerous areas... A railway line crosses the park so children must not be allowed to stray. VERB: V prep/adv, V 2. A stray dog or cat has wandered away from its owner’s home. ...a refuge for stray cats. ADJ: ADJ n • Stray is also a noun. The dog was a stray which had been adopted. N-COUNT 3. If your mind or your eyes stray, you do not concentrate on or look at one particular subject, but start thinking about or looking at other things. Even with the simplest cases I find my mind straying... = wander VERB: V 4. You use stray to describe something that exists separated from other similar things. An 8-year-old boy was killed by a stray bullet... She shrugged a stray lock of hair out of her eyes. ADJ: ADJ n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French estraie, past participle of estraier Date: 13th century 1. a. a domestic animal that is wandering at large or is lost b. a person or thing that ~s 2. Middle English, from straien to ~ archaic the act of going a~ II. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English straien, from Anglo-French estraier, from Vulgar Latin *extravagare, from Latin extra- outside + vagari to wander — more at extra- Date: 14th century wander: as a. to wander from company, restraint, or proper limits b. to roam about without fixed direction or purpose c. to move in a winding course ; meander d. to move without conscious or intentional effort eyes ~ing absently around the room e. to become distracted from an argument or chain of thought ~ed from the point f. to wander accidentally from a fixed or chosen route g. err, sin • ~er noun III. adjective Date: 1589 1. having ~ed or escaped from a proper or intended place a ~ dog hit by a ~ bullet fixed a few ~ hairs 2. occurring at random or sporadically a few ~ thoughts 3. not serving any useful purpose ; unwanted ~ light ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v., n., & adj. --v.intr. 1 wander from the right place; become separated from one's companions etc.; go astray. 2 deviate morally. 3 (as strayed adj.) that has gone astray. --n. 1 a person or thing that has strayed, esp. a domestic animal. 2 (esp. in pl.) electrical phenomena interfering with radio reception. --adj. 1 strayed or lost. 2 isolated; found or occurring occasionally (a stray customer or two; hit by a stray bullet). 3 Physics wasted or unwanted (eliminate stray magnetic fields). Derivatives strayer n. Etymology: ME f. AF & OF estrayer (v.), AF strey (n. & adj.) f. OF estrai{eacute} (as ASTRAY) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
1) блуждающий 2) бродячий 3) заблуждаться 4) электр. паразитный 5) побочный 6) случайный - stray capacitance - stray coupling - stray current - stray field - stray light - stray parameter - stray pick-up - stray pickup - stray radiation - stray waves ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. заблудившееся или отбившееся от стада животное 2. бездомный, одинокий человек; беспризорный ребенок; бездомная собака или кошка 3. заблудившийся ребенок 4. отдельный, случайный, оказавшийся не на своем месте предмет, кусок и т. п. 5. человек, сбившийся с пути истинного 6. рад. помехи, побочные сигналы 7. геол. летучие пески 8. заблудившийся; бездомный; беспризорный stray cat —- бездомная кошка stray sheep —- отбившаяся от стада овца 9. случайный; редкий; отдельный stray bullet —- шальная пуля stray acquaintance —- случайный знакомый a few stray taxis —- несколько случайных (редких) такси stray thoughts —- бессвязные мысли stray troops —- воен. жарг. остатки дезорганизованных частей we caught only a few stray words —- нам удалось услышать только несколько отдельных слов 10. ненатянутый, ослабленный (о канате, кабеле и т. п.) 11. физ. рассеянный; побочный, паразитный stray radiation —- рассеянное излучение stray currents —- блуждающие токи 12. заблудиться, сбиться с пути; отбиться to stray from the road —- сбиться с дороги the sheep has strayed from the flock —- овца отбилась от стада 13. отклоняться to stray from the point —- отклоняться от темы his thoughts strayed —- его мысли блуждали 14. сбиться с пути истинного 15. блуждать; бродить, скитаться ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) заблудившееся или отбившееся от стада животное 2) заблудившийся ребенок 3) pl.; radio помехи, побочные сигналы 2. adj. 1) заблудившийся, заблудший; бездомный 2) случайный; stray bullet - шальная пуля; stray thoughts - бессвязные мысли; a few stray instances - несколько отдельных примеров 3. v. 1) сбиться с пути, заблудиться; отбиться; dont stray from the road - не сбейтесь с дороги; the sheep has strayed from the flock - овца отбилась от стада 2) отклониться от темы (from); Youre straying from the subject again, do please keep to the point. 3) poet. блуждать; бродить, скитаться 4) fig. сбиться с пути истинного Syn: see wander ...Англо-русский словарь
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