stray

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. Any domestic animal that has no enclosure nor proper place and company, but that instead wanders at large or is lost; an estray.
2. One who is lost, literally or figuratively.
3. An act of wandering off or going astray.
4. An area of common land for use by domestic animals generally.
5. Often in the form waif(s) and stray(s): an article of movable property, of which the owner is not known (see waif).
6. An instance of atmospheric interference.
7. Ellipsis of stray bullet.
8. (slang) A casual or offhand insult.

Verb

1. To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
2. To wander from company or outside proper 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; lead astray.

Adj

1. Having gone astray; strayed; wandering
2. In the wrong place; misplaced.

Concepten

dwalen

zwerven

afdwalen

dolen

waren

ronddwalen

ronddolen

toevallig

verdwalen

vrijstaand

omzwerven

🧭

onvindbaar

accidenteel

geaasoleerd

afdwalend

afwijken

bijkomstig

incidenteel

onverhoeds

sporadisch

verdwaald

Synoniemen

wander

roam

rove

lost

digress

go astray

deviate

drift

lose one’s way

range

vagabond

err

get lost

straggle

tramp

waif

homeless

accidental

swan

🦢

casual

ownerless

ramble

random

isolated

be lost

stray away

chance

🎲

veer

abandoned

vagrant

roll

adventitious

deflect

swerve

aberrant

aberrate

loose

fortuitous

travel with hazard

cast

divagate

wild

wandering

wander away

go

haphazard

host

ignorant

incidental

infringe

linger

loiter

lone

lonely

lorn

lose

maverick

miscellaneous

mislay

misstep

occasional

off

outcast

overstep

parasitism

poke into

rave

roofless

runaway

run away

scratch

shelterless

solitary

something

straggling

strayed

straying

sundry

turn away

unclaimed

unexpected

vary

violate

wanderer

wilder

wonder

yaw

be intoxicated

be scattered

call at

lose oneself

stray capacitance

turn aside

wander off

deconcentration

disgregation

peptization

be dilatory

street Arab

rove around

out in

street person

scatter dispersion

astray

atmospherics

become lost

breach

break

breakup

break up

by itself

call

call in

circumstantial

coincidental

contingent

contravene

decentralization

defy

depart

deserted

detached

deviated

deviating

differ

dilly-dally

disappear

discrete

disobey

disoriented

disperse

dispersion

dispossessed

dissipation

diverge

divergence

divergent

drop by

escaped

exceed

fall

fall back

fleer

from

fugitive

giddy

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/stɹeɪ/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle English stray, strey, from Anglo-Norman estray, stray, Old French estrai, from the verb (see below).