[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)


Phrases:

Origin:
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)


Phrases:

Origin:
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


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: shortening of Anglo-Norman French and Old French estrayer (verb), Anglo-Norman French strey (noun), partly from astray