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The correct spelling is stray.
How to pronounce stray
/stɹeɪ/
nounIPA: /stɹeɪ/
Say it like: Str-aee
The correct spelling is stray. Any domestic animal that has no enclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray. For example: "The alley is full of stray cats rummaging through the garbage."
Usage Examples
“The alley is full of stray cats rummaging through the garbage.”
“a stray comma”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Any domestic animal that has no enclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray.
- 2.One who is lost, either literally or metaphorically.
- 3.The act of wandering or going astray.
- 4.An area of common land or place administered for the use of general domestic animals, i.e. "the stray"
verb
- 1.To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
- 2.To wander from one's limits; to rove or roam at large; to go astray.
- 3.To wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.
- 4.To cause to stray.
adjective
- 1.Having gone astray; strayed; wandering
- 2.In the wrong place; misplaced.
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