āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to stray
01
āĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻŦā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to move aimlessly or wander without a specific goal or destination
Intransitive: to stray somewhere
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The children strayed around the park, chasing butterflies and playing games.
āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°āĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§ āĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻŦā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻĒāĻ¤āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻĒāĻĨāĻā§āĻ°āĻˇā§āĻ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to wander off or deviate from the intended or established path
Intransitive: to stray | to stray from a path
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The lost hiker accidentally strayed into a dense thicket, veering off the established path.
āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻā§āĻ°āĻŽā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¨ āĻā§āĻĒā§ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻĒāĻĨ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ¸āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĨ¤
03
āĻĒāĻĨāĻā§āĻ°āĻˇā§āĻ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ¸āĻ°ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to lose focus or deviate from the main subject or discussion
Intransitive: to stray from a subject | to stray into a subject
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The intense emotions caused the conversation to stray from a rational discussion to a heated argument.
āĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻāĻŦā§āĻ āĻāĻĨā§āĻĒāĻāĻĨāĻ¨āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¸āĻā§āĻāĻ¤ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻĒāĻĨāĻā§āĻ°āĻˇā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
stray
01
āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ˛
not close together in time
02
āĻĒāĻĨāĻā§āĻ°āĻˇā§āĻ, āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
(with reference to an animal) lost or wandered away from its home or natural habitat
03
āĻā§āĻ°āĻˇā§āĻ, āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§
away from the correct or intended place
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He picked up a stray sock from under the bed.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ°āĻˇā§āĻ āĻŽā§āĻāĻž āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
01
āĻĒāĻĨāĻā§āĻ°āĻˇā§āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖā§, āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖā§
a domestic animal that is lost, abandoned or wandering without an owner
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
strayer
straying
stray
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
