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[streɪ], (Verb)
Definitions:
- move away aimlessly from a group or from the right course or place
(e.g: dog owners are urged not to allow their dogs to stray)
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Origin
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Middle English: shortening of Anglo-Norman French and Old French estrayer (verb), Anglo-Norman French strey (noun), partly from astray
[streɪ], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- not in the right place; separated from the group or target
(e.g: he pushed a few stray hairs from her face)
- (of a physical quantity) arising as a consequence of the laws of physics, but unwanted and usually having a detrimental effect on the operation of equipment
(e.g: stray capacitance)
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Origin
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Middle English: shortening of Anglo-Norman French and Old French estrayer (verb), Anglo-Norman French strey (noun), partly from astray
[streɪ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a stray person or thing, especially a domestic animal
- electrical phenomena interfering with radio reception
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Origin
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Middle English: shortening of Anglo-Norman French and Old French estrayer (verb), Anglo-Norman French strey (noun), partly from astray
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