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/stɹeɪ/ · noun
Any domestic animal that lacks an enclosure, proper place, or company, but that instead wanders at large or is lost; an estray..
But vvhat a vvretched, and diſconſolate Hermitage is that Houſe, vvhich is not viſited by thee [God], and vvhat a VVayue, and Stray is that Man, that hath not thy Markes vpon him?
waifs and strays
This invention relates broadly to radio communication, but more particularly to a radio receiving system used for the reception of high frequency current signals wherever they are subject to interference from "static" or strays of an untuned or aperiodic character.
Because of their shortness, such signals are usually easy to distinguish from the bomb returns but, when such a stray is recorded just before the bomb return, too close to be distinguished by ear […]
Electromagnetic interference EMI, radio interference RI, television interference TVI, and radio frequency interference RFI, can all be described as a confusion to received radio signals due to strays and undesirable signals.
catch a stray
Hit by a stray, but I pray that there's a hood in heaven
Thames among the wanton valleys strays.
Use stray when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Stray means Any domestic animal that lacks an enclosure, proper place, or company, but that instead wanders at large or is lost; an estray..
Common synonyms include sporadic, cast, drift, ramble.
Possible antonyms include collared.
But vvhat a vvretched, and diſconſolate Hermitage is that Houſe, vvhich is not viſited by thee [God], and vvhat a VVayue, and Stray is that Man, that hath not thy Markes vpon him?
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