Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - stray
Stray
stray
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)
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French estraié, past participle of estraier Date: 13th century 1. a domestic animal that is wandering at large or is lost, a person or thing that ~s, the act of going a~, II. intransitive verb see: extra- Date: 14th century wander: as, to wander from company, restraint, or proper limits, to roam about without fixed direction or purpose, to move in a winding course ; meander, to move without conscious or intentional effort , to become distracted from an argument or chain of thought , to wander accidentally from a fixed or chosen route, err, sin, ~er noun III. adjective Date: 1589 having ~ed or escaped from a proper or intended place , occurring at random or sporadically , not serving any useful purpose ; unwanted ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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