stray - Meaning in Punjabi

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stray - Meaning in Punjabi

stray Word Forms & Inflections

Definitions and Meaning of stray in English

stray adjective

1. not close together in time

   Synonyms

   isolated

   Examples

   • "a few stray crumbs"
   • "isolated instances of rebellion"
2. (of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home

   Examples

   • "a stray calf"
   • "a stray dog"

stray noun

1. an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)

stray verb

1. lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking

   Synonyms

   digress, divagate, wander

   Examples

   • "Don't digress when you give a lecture"
   • "her mind wanders"
   • "She always digresses when telling a story"
2. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

   Synonyms

   cast, drift, ramble, range, range, roam, roll, rove, swan, swan, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander

   Examples

   • "roving vagabonds"
   • "The cattle roam across the prairie"
   • "The gypsies roamed the woods"
   • "the laborers drift from one town to the next"
   • "the wandering Jew"
   • "They rolled from town to town"
3. wander from a direct course or at random

   Synonyms

   drift, err

   Examples

   • "don't drift from the set course"
   • "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"

Synonyms of stray

• digress, divagate, wander
• cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander
• drift, err
• isolated

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