stray
/stɹeɪ/ verb C1- To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
- To wander from company or outside proper limits; to rove or roam at large; to go astray.
- To wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.
- To cause to stray; lead astray.
He/she/it strays · Past strayed · Past participle strayed · -ing form straying
Verb forms
- Base form
- stray
- He/she/it
- strays
- Past
- strayed
- Past participle
- strayed
- -ing form
- straying
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A GOATHERD had sought to bring back a stray goat to his flock.
And yet she cannot stray,
Not a stray stick nor stone was to be seen, for Mrs.
So far, the ordinary observer; an extraordinary observer might have seen that the chin was very pointed and pronounced; that the big eyes were full of spirit and vivacity; that the mouth was sweet-lipped and expressive; that the forehead was broad and full; in short, our discerning extraordinary observer might have concluded that no commonplace soul inhabited the body of this stray woman-child of whom shy Matthew Cuthbert was so ludicrously afraid.
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