stray

stray
1. intransitive verb
1) (wander) streunen; (fig.): (in thought etc.) abschweifen (into in + Akk.)

stray [away] from — sich absondern von

the child had strayed from his parents — das Kind war seinen Eltern weggelaufen

stray into enemy territory — sich auf feindliches Gebiet verirren

2) (deviate) abweichen (from von)

have strayed — sich verirrt haben

stray from the point/from or off the road — vom Thema/von der Straße abkommen

2. noun
(animal) streunendes Tier; (without owner) herrenloses Tier
3. adjective
1) streunend; (without owner) herrenlos; (out of proper place) verirrt
2) (occasional, isolated) vereinzelt
* * *
[strei] 1. verb
(to wander, especially from the right path, place etc: The shepherd went to search for some sheep that had strayed; to stray from the point.) sich verlaufen, abkommen
2. noun
(a cat, dog etc that has strayed and has no home.) der Streuner
3. adjective
1) (wandering or lost: stray cats and dogs.) streunend
2) (occasional, or not part of a general group or tendency: The sky was clear except for one or two stray clouds.) vereinzelt
* * *
stray
[streɪ]
I. vi
1. (wander) streunen; (escape from control) frei herumlaufen; (go astray) sich akk verirren
most visitors to the park do not \stray more than a few yards away from their cars die meisten Parkbesucher entfernen sich gerade mal ein paar Meter von ihren Autos
a herd of cattle \strayed into the road eine Viehherde hat sich auf die Straße verirrt
to \stray off course vom Kurs abkommen
2. (move casually) umherstreifen
her eyes kept \straying to the clock ihre Blicke wanderten immer wieder zur Uhr
3. (fig: digress) abweichen; orator, thoughts abschweifen
to \stray from the original plan vom ursprünglichen Plan abweichen
4. (to be immoral) person fremdgehen; (touch) hands herumfummeln
men who \stray cannot be trusted auf untreue Männer ist kein Verlass
watch out for his \straying hands! pass bloß auf, dass er dir nicht an die Wäsche geht! fam
II. n
1. (animal) streunendes [Haus]tier
2. (person) Umherirrende(r) f(m); (homeless) Heimatlose(r) f(m)
3. RADIO
\strays pl Störeffekte pl, Störungen pl (beim Rundfunkempfang)
III. adj attr, inv
1. (homeless) animal streunend, herrenlos; (lost) person verirrt
2. (isolated) vereinzelt; socks einzeln; (occasional) gelegentlich
to be hit by a \stray bullet von einem Blindgänger [o einer verirrten Kugel] getroffen werden
a \stray lock of hair eine widerspenstige Locke
\stray remarks/sentences einzelne Bemerkungen/Sätze
* * *
[streɪ]
1. vi
sich verirren, abirren; (also stray about) (umher)streunen; (fig thoughts, speaker) abschweifen

to stray (away) from sth (lit, fig) — von etw abkommen

to stray from a path — von einem Weg abkommen

to stray from the path of virtue — vom rechten Weg or vom Pfad der Tugend abkommen

the cattle strayed into the road —

they strayed into the enemy camp — sie verirrten sich ins feindliche Lager

2. adj
child, bullet, cattle verirrt; cat, dog etc streunend attr; (= ownerless) herrenlos; (= isolated) remarks, houses, cases, hairs vereinzelt; (= single) remark, success einzeln; (= occasional) gelegentlich; thoughts flüchtig
3. n
1) (= dog, cat) streunendes Tier; (ownerless) herrenloses Tier

that cat's a stray — das ist eine herrenlose Katze

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2) pl (RAD) (atmosphärische) Störungen pl
* * *
stray [streı]
A v/i
1. (herum)strolchen, (-)streunen (auch Tier)
2. (herum)streifen:
stray to jemandem zulaufen
3. weglaufen (from von)
4. a) abirren (from von), sich verlaufen:
the helicopter had strayed across the frontier der Hubschrauber hatte versehentlich die Grenze überflogen
b) fig vom rechten Weg abkommen
5. fig abschweifen (from von) (Gedanken etc):
stray from the point vom Thema abkommen
6. ELEK streuen, vagabundieren
B s
1. verirrtes oder streunendes Tier
2. Herumirrende(r) m/f(m), Heimatlose(r) m/f(m)
3. herrenloses Gut
4. pl ELEK atmosphärische Störungen pl
C adj
1. verirrt, streunend (Hund, Kind etc):
stray bullet verirrte Kugel
2. vereinzelt (Kunden etc)
3. beiläufig (Bemerkung etc)
4. ELEK Streu…:
stray power Verlustleistung f
* * *
1. intransitive verb
1) (wander) streunen; (fig.): (in thought etc.) abschweifen (into in + Akk.)

stray [away] from — sich absondern von

the child had strayed from his parents — das Kind war seinen Eltern weggelaufen

stray into enemy territory — sich auf feindliches Gebiet verirren

2) (deviate) abweichen (from von)

have strayed — sich verirrt haben

stray from the point/from or off the road — vom Thema/von der Straße abkommen

2. noun
(animal) streunendes Tier; (without owner) herrenloses Tier
3. adjective
1) streunend; (without owner) herrenlos; (out of proper place) verirrt
2) (occasional, isolated) vereinzelt
* * *
v.
abirren v.
irren v.
streunen v.
vagabundieren v.

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