strays

[ strey ]

verbdeviate, err
verbwander; get lost

Synonyms for strays

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Antonyms for strays

stay
be direct
go direct
remain

Word Origin & History

c.1300, a shortening of Old French estraier "wander about," literally "go about the streets," from estree "route, highway," from Late Latin via strata "paved road" (see street). On another theory, the Old French word is from Vulgar Latin *estragare, a contraction of *estravagare, representing Latin extra vagari "to wander outside" (see extravagant). Figurative sense of "to wander from the path of rectitude" is attested from early 14c.

Example Sentences forstrays

But the ‘strays’ are ‘crooks,’ and their homes the penitentiary.

You know, Willy, I have an old weakness for a sheep that strays.

"It must have been a bunch of strays we saw—none of them was branded," Lambert said.

Hargus explained that the cattle were strays which had broken out.

Waifs and strays from home, from up-country, from the Pacific.

What became of all his waifs and strays, it might be well not to inquire too curiously.

Stray when he strays; stop when he stops; travel as slowly as he.

I heard some of our strays had got over into that country, but I wasn't sure.

No one sheep ever strays off by himself, you may be sure of that.

And I hope,” she added, “that Ruth will find no more waifs and strays.

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