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stratio-, strati-, strato-, strat-, -stratus; ster-, stern-
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stray (STRAY) (verb)
To go in a direction that is away from a group or from the place where someone or something should be: "Joe could see the two cows stray through the broken fence into the street."
"As Susan worked on her computer, her eyes would stray as she looked out the window."
stray (STRAY) (noun)
1. An animal; such as, a cat, dog, etc. that is lost or has no home: "The new cat was a stray that Jimmy found waiting at the back door."
2. Someone or something that is separated from a group: "Tim's mother matched up the socks after washing and drying, but she often had an unmatched stray one."
2. Someone or something that is separated from a group: "Tim's mother matched up the socks after washing and drying, but she often had an unmatched stray one."
He found a stray kitten in his yard in the morning and he was wondering how it managed to stray into his yard because he has a dog out there that barks at everything.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group S; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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(Latin: wander, stray, rove; deviate)