stray
part of speech
adjective (a stray dog); noun (a stray, strays); verb (stray, strays, strayed, straying)
meaning for a pupil
1) A stray animal is a pet like a dog or cat that is lost or has no home. tree →
2) A stray is such a lost or homeless animal. tree →
3) To stray is to wander away from where you should be, like straying from a path. tree →
4) Stray can describe one thing that is away from the others, like a stray hair or a stray sock. tree →
5) A stray shot is a bullet or shot that goes wide of its target and hits something by accident. tree →
sense in the lessons
In safety lessons: do not touch stray dogs; tell an adult, because a stray may be scared or ill and could bite. In stories and walks: «Do not stray from the path». In everyday life, a stray ball or stray sock is one in the wrong place. Phrases: «stray from», «stray cat», «stray thought».
examples
- A stray dog followed us home. tree →
- Animal shelters look after strays. tree →
- Don't stray from the path in the woods. tree →
- The sheep had strayed into the road. tree →
- She brushed a stray hair off her face. tree →
- I found a stray sock under the bed. tree →
- Never stroke a stray cat; it might scratch. tree →
- Another's stray shot had killed the deer. tree →
note
Regular verb: «strayed». Stray is an adjective, a noun and a verb, so look at its place in the sentence. Do not confuse with «spray» or «straw». Safety: keep away from unknown animals.
In the corpora
- Donkeys, llamas and sheepdogs are used to guard flocks, and a guard donkey will chase away foxes and stray dogs.
- Read this: «Nell found the stray kitten behind the bins.
- On what part will ye yet be stricken, seeing ye stray away more and more?
- The man that strayeth out of the way of understanding shall rest in the congregation of the shades.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «stray» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.