"stray" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /stɹeɪ/ Audio: en-us-stray.ogg [US]
enPR: strā Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Middle English stray, from the noun (see above). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|stray}} Middle English stray Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} stray (not comparable)
  1. Having gone astray; strayed; wandering Tags: not-comparable Translations (having gone astray): бездомен (bezdomen) (Bulgarian), ᎤᎴᎾᎯᏛ (ulenahidv) (Cherokee), 流浪 (liúlàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 走失 (zǒushī) (Chinese Mandarin), karannut (Finnish), eksynyt (Finnish), errant (French), égaré (French), écarté [Louisiana] (French), streunend (German), αδέσποτος (adéspotos) (Greek), kóbor (Hungarian), randagio (Italian), bezdomny (o zwierzęciu) (Polish), zbłąkany (Polish), bezpański (Polish), бездо́мный (bezdómnyj) (english: homeless) (Russian), заблуди́вшийся (zabludívšijsja) (Russian), fuadain (Scottish Gaelic), ligaw (Tagalog), จรจัด (jɔɔn-jàt) (Thai), འཁྱམ ('khyam) (Tibetan)
    Sense id: en-stray-en-adj-8trKUkAy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 1 5 4 13 4 13 3 18 10 5 1 6 Disambiguation of 'having gone astray': 98 2
  2. In the wrong place; misplaced. Tags: not-comparable Translations (in the wrong place): изгубен (izguben) (Bulgarian), заблуден (zabluden) (Bulgarian), verirrt (German), rătăcit (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-stray-en-adj-jsz2efqn Disambiguation of 'in the wrong place': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: stray bullet, stray line, stray mark
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /stɹeɪ/ Audio: en-us-stray.ogg [US] Forms: strays [plural]
enPR: strā Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Middle English stray, strey, from Anglo-Norman estray, stray, Old French estrai, from the verb (see below). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|stray}} Middle English stray, {{m|enm|strey}} strey, {{der|en|xno|estray}} Anglo-Norman estray, {{m|fro|stray}} stray, {{der|en|fro|estrai}} Old French estrai Head templates: {{en-noun}} stray (plural strays)
  1. Any domestic animal that has no enclosure nor proper place and company, but that instead wanders at large or is lost; an estray. Translations (domestic animal at large or lost): rrugaç (Albanian), бездомно животно (bezdomno životno) (Bulgarian), 迷失 (míshī) (Chinese Mandarin), 离群 (líqún) (Chinese Mandarin), toulavý [masculine] (Czech), karkulainen (Finnish), animal errant [masculine] (French), Streuner [masculine] (German), αδέσποτο (adéspoto) [neuter] (Greek), randagio [masculine] (Italian), золбин (zolbin) (Mongolian), desgarrado [masculine] (Portuguese), vira-lata (Portuguese), vagabond [masculine] (Romanian), maidanez [masculine] (Romanian), бездо́мный (bezdómnyj) [masculine] (Russian), бродя́чий (brodjáčij) [masculine] (Russian), zatúlaný [masculine] (Slovak), túlavý [masculine] (Slovak), callejero (Spanish), başıboş dolaşan (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-stray-en-noun-qrfgIc~2 Disambiguation of 'domestic animal at large or lost': 61 15 2 16 2 3 1
  2. One who is lost, literally or figuratively.
    Sense id: en-stray-en-noun-WT98fPW8
  3. An act of wandering off or going astray. Translations (act of wandering or going astray): arrakat (Albanian), отклоняване (otklonjavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), بەلەسە (belese) (Central Kurdish), harhailu (english: wandering) (Finnish), karkaaminen (english: going astray) (Finnish), errance (French), vagante (Italian), заблуди́вшийся (zabludívšijsja) (Russian), шально́й (šalʹnój) (alt: of a bullet, e.g. "шальна́я пу́ля" - "stray bullet") (Russian), sarbaggiu [masculine] (Sicilian), vagar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-stray-en-noun-wShPdw0Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 1 5 4 13 4 13 3 18 10 5 1 6 Disambiguation of 'act of wandering or going astray': 6 5 58 4 11 2 15
  4. (historical) An area of common land for use by domestic animals generally. Tags: historical Translations (area of common land): yhteislaidun (Finnish), commun [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-stray-en-noun-cqxKMhut Disambiguation of 'area of common land': 3 1 1 79 10 2 5
  5. (British, law, archaic) Often in the form waif(s) and stray(s): an article of movable property, of which the owner is not known (see waif). Tags: British, archaic Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-stray-en-noun-USzvEpEf Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 1 5 4 13 4 13 3 18 10 5 1 6 Topics: law
  6. (radio) An instance of atmospheric interference. Categories (topical): Radio
    Sense id: en-stray-en-noun-dztdV~Ba Topics: broadcasting, media, radio
  7. Ellipsis of stray bullet. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: stray bullet
    Sense id: en-stray-en-noun-ebeZSf5r Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, Central Kurdish terms with redundant script codes, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Central Kurdish terms with redundant script codes: 9 6 20 7 22 3 32 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 1 5 4 13 4 13 3 18 10 5 1 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: catch a stray Related terms: astray, estray
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /stɹeɪ/ Audio: en-us-stray.ogg [US] Forms: strays [present, singular, third-person], straying [participle, present], strayed [participle, past], strayed [past]
enPR: strā Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Middle English strayen, partly from Old French estraier, from Vulgar Latin via strata, and partly from Middle English strien, streyen, streyȝen (“to spread, scatter”), from Old English strēġan (“to strew”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sterh₃-}}, {{inh|en|enm|strayen}} Middle English strayen, {{der|en|fro|estraier}} Old French estraier, {{der|en|VL.|via strata|paved road}} Vulgar Latin via strata, {{der|en|enm|strien}} Middle English strien, {{m|enm|streyen}} streyen, {{m|enm|streyȝen|t=to spread, scatter}} streyȝen (“to spread, scatter”), {{inh|en|ang|strēġan|t=to strew}} Old English strēġan (“to strew”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} stray (third-person singular simple present strays, present participle straying, simple past and past participle strayed)
  1. (intransitive) To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way. Tags: intransitive Translations (to wander from a direct course): ضَلَّ (ḍalla) (Arabic), отклонявам се (otklonjavam se) (Bulgarian), bloudit (Czech), dwalen (Dutch), eksyä (Finnish), harhautua (Finnish), poiketa (Finnish), errer (French), irren (German), streunen (German), vagare (Italian), snodare (Italian), snodarsi (Italian), zigzagare (Italian), pālor (Latin), kotiti (Maori), kōtitititi (Maori), dwelian (Old English), آزمق (azmak) (Ottoman Turkish), błądzić [imperfective] (Polish), zabłądzić [perfective] (Polish), zbłądzić [perfective] (Polish), свора́чивать (svoráčivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), сверну́ть (svernútʹ) [perfective] (Russian), túlať sa (Slovak), potulovať sa (Slovak), errar (Spanish), divagar (Spanish), callejear (Spanish), vagabundear (Spanish), başıboş dolaşmak (Turkish), yoldan sapmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-stray-en-verb-c6~9X8Ww Disambiguation of 'to wander from a direct course': 46 24 28 2
  2. (intransitive) To wander from company or outside proper limits; to rove or roam at large; to go astray. Tags: intransitive Translations (to wander from company or from proper limits): отклонявам се (otklonjavam se) (Bulgarian), esgarriar-se (Catalan), karata (Finnish), sich verlaufen (German), verloren gehen (German), estraniarsi (Italian), pālor (Latin), atitirauhea (Maori), ātiutiu (Maori), ātiu (Maori), dwelian (Old English), плута́ть (plutátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), блужда́ть (bluždátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), extraviarse (Spanish), perderse (Spanish), descaminarse (Spanish), descarriarse (Spanish), kaybolmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-stray-en-verb-YPmYkDzE Disambiguation of 'to wander from company or from proper limits': 28 42 27 2
  3. (intransitive) To wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err. Tags: intransitive Translations (to err): аҙыу (aźıw) (Bashkir), яңылышыу (yañılışıw) (Bashkir), заблуждавам се (zabluždavam se) (Bulgarian), обърквам пътя (obǎrkvam pǎtja) (Bulgarian), hairahtua (Finnish), sich irren (German), perdersi (Italian), dwelian (Old English), آزمق (azmak) (Ottoman Turkish), błądzić [imperfective] (Polish), zabłądzić [perfective] (Polish), zbłądzić [perfective] (Polish), сбива́ться с пути́ (sbivátʹsja s putí) [imperfective] (Russian), сби́ться с пути́ (sbítʹsja s putí) [imperfective] (Russian), zblúdiť (Slovak), yanılmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-stray-en-verb-VDDcBbHw Disambiguation of 'to err': 17 13 67 4
  4. (transitive) To cause to stray; lead astray. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-stray-en-verb-P0Q1BzOf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1926, Popular Radio, volume 9, page 191",
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        {
          "ref": "1942, John C. Mathisson, Radio Acoustic Ranging, page 652",
          "text": "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 […]",
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        {
          "ref": "1976, IEEE Power Engineering Society, Nuclear Power: Health, Safety, Waste Disposal, page 20",
          "text": "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.",
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        "(radio) An instance of atmospheric interference."
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          "ref": "1993, “Just Another Day”, in Black Reign, performed by Queen Latifah",
          "text": "Hit by a stray, but I pray that there's a hood in heaven",
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          "roman": "ḍalla",
          "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
          "word": "ضَلَّ"
        },
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          "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
          "word": "отклонявам се"
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          "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
          "word": "bloudit"
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          "word": "dwalen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 24 28 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
          "word": "eksyä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 24 28 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
          "word": "harhautua"
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        {
          "_dis1": "46 24 28 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
          "word": "poiketa"
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        {
          "_dis1": "46 24 28 2",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 24 28 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
          "word": "irren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 24 28 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
          "word": "streunen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 24 28 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
          "word": "vagare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 24 28 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
          "word": "snodare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 24 28 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
          "word": "snodarsi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 24 28 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
          "word": "zigzagare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 24 28 2",
          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
          "word": "pālor"
        },
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          "_dis1": "46 24 28 2",
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          "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
          "word": "kotiti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 24 28 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
          "word": "kōtitititi"
        },
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          "code": "ang",
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          "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
          "word": "dwelian"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 24 28 2",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "azmak",
          "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
          "word": "آزمق"
        },
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          "_dis1": "46 24 28 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "błądzić"
        },
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          "_dis1": "46 24 28 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zabłądzić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 24 28 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zbłądzić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 24 28 2",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "svoráčivatʹ",
          "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "свора́чивать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 24 28 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "svernútʹ",
          "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "сверну́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 24 28 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
          "word": "túlať sa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 24 28 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
          "word": "potulovať sa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 24 28 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
          "word": "errar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 24 28 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
          "word": "divagar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 24 28 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
          "word": "callejear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 24 28 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
          "word": "vagabundear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 24 28 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
          "word": "başıboş dolaşmak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 24 28 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
          "word": "yoldan sapmak"
        }
      ]
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        "To wander from company or outside proper limits; to rove or roam at large; to go astray."
      ],
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      ],
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      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "28 42 27 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "otklonjavam se",
          "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
          "word": "отклонявам се"
        },
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          "_dis1": "28 42 27 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
          "word": "esgarriar-se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "28 42 27 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
          "word": "karata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "28 42 27 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
          "word": "sich verlaufen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "28 42 27 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
          "word": "verloren gehen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "28 42 27 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
          "word": "estraniarsi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "28 42 27 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
          "word": "pālor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "28 42 27 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
          "word": "atitirauhea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "28 42 27 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
          "word": "ātiutiu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "28 42 27 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
          "word": "ātiu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "28 42 27 2",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
          "word": "dwelian"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "28 42 27 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "plutátʹ",
          "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "плута́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "28 42 27 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bluždátʹ",
          "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "блужда́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "28 42 27 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
          "word": "extraviarse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "28 42 27 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
          "word": "perderse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "28 42 27 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
          "word": "descaminarse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "28 42 27 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
          "word": "descarriarse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "28 42 27 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
          "word": "kaybolmak"
        }
      ]
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          "text": "November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, \"Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United,\" guardian.co.uk\nIt was a derby that left Manchester United a long way back in Manchester City’s wing-mirrors and, in the worst moments, straying dangerously close to being their own worst enemy."
        }
      ],
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        ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "17 13 67 4",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "aźıw",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "аҙыу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 13 67 4",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "yañılışıw",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "яңылышыу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 13 67 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zabluždavam se",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "заблуждавам се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 13 67 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "obǎrkvam pǎtja",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "обърквам пътя"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 13 67 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "hairahtua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 13 67 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "sich irren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 13 67 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "perdersi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 13 67 4",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "dwelian"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 13 67 4",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "azmak",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "آزمق"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 13 67 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to err",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "błądzić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 13 67 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to err",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zabłądzić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 13 67 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to err",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zbłądzić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 13 67 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sbivátʹsja s putí",
          "sense": "to err",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "сбива́ться с пути́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 13 67 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sbítʹsja s putí",
          "sense": "to err",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "сби́ться с пути́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 13 67 4",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "zblúdiť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 13 67 4",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to err",
          "word": "yanılmak"
        }
      ]
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        {
          "ref": "1899, John Buchan, No Man's Land",
          "text": "To ease myself I was compelled to leave my basket behind me, trusting to return and find it, if I should ever reach safety and discover on what pathless hill I had been strayed.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause to stray; lead astray."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cause to stray; lead astray."
      ],
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      "ipa": "/stɹeɪ/"
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      "audio": "en-us-stray.ogg",
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        "US"
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    "Manila"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "stray line"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        {
          "text": "The alley is full of stray cats rummaging through the garbage.",
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          "ref": "2017 April 6, Samira Shackle, “On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers”, in the Guardian",
          "text": "The organisation fills many gaps left by the state, operating a dizzying array of services, including homes for victims of domestic violence, food banks and a shelter for stray animals.",
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          "strayed",
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          "wander",
          "wander"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "roman": "bezdomen",
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          "word": "бездомен"
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          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "ulenahidv",
          "sense": "having gone astray",
          "word": "ᎤᎴᎾᎯᏛ"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "roman": "liúlàng",
          "sense": "having gone astray",
          "word": "流浪"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zǒushī",
          "sense": "having gone astray",
          "word": "走失"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "having gone astray",
          "word": "karannut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "having gone astray",
          "word": "eksynyt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "having gone astray",
          "word": "errant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "having gone astray",
          "word": "égaré"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "having gone astray",
          "tags": [
            "Louisiana"
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          "word": "écarté"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "sense": "having gone astray",
          "word": "streunend"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "sense": "having gone astray",
          "word": "αδέσποτος"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "having gone astray",
          "word": "kóbor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "having gone astray",
          "word": "randagio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "having gone astray",
          "word": "bezdomny (o zwierzęciu)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "having gone astray",
          "word": "zbłąkany"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "having gone astray",
          "word": "bezpański"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "homeless",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bezdómnyj",
          "sense": "having gone astray",
          "word": "бездо́мный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zabludívšijsja",
          "sense": "having gone astray",
          "word": "заблуди́вшийся"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "having gone astray",
          "word": "fuadain"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "having gone astray",
          "word": "ligaw"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "jɔɔn-jàt",
          "sense": "having gone astray",
          "word": "จรจัด"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "'khyam",
          "sense": "having gone astray",
          "word": "འཁྱམ"
        }
      ]
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        {
          "text": "a stray comma",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "text": "a stray bullet",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "In the wrong place; misplaced."
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      "id": "en-stray-en-adj-jsz2efqn",
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          "misplaced"
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      ],
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        "not-comparable"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izguben",
          "sense": "in the wrong place",
          "word": "изгубен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zabluden",
          "sense": "in the wrong place",
          "word": "заблуден"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "in the wrong place",
          "word": "verirrt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "in the wrong place",
          "word": "rătăcit"
        }
      ]
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      "ipa": "/stɹeɪ/"
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      "enpr": "strā"
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  ],
  "word": "stray"
}
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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Anglo-Norman",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "Requests for review of Romanian translations",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪ",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪ/1 syllable"
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    {
      "word": "catch a stray"
    }
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    {
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "xno",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English stray, strey, from Anglo-Norman estray, stray, Old French estrai, from the verb (see below).",
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    {
      "form": "strays",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {},
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    {
      "word": "astray"
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any domestic animal that has no enclosure nor proper place and company, but that instead wanders at large or is lost; an estray."
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        [
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          "enclosure"
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "One who is lost, literally or figuratively."
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          "literally"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "An act of wandering off or going astray."
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        [
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          "astray"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An area of common land for use by domestic animals generally."
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        "(historical) An area of common land for use by domestic animals generally."
      ],
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        "historical"
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    {
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        "British English",
        "English terms with archaic senses",
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      ],
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        "Often in the form waif(s) and stray(s): an article of movable property, of which the owner is not known (see waif)."
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        [
          "law",
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        ],
        [
          "article",
          "article#Noun"
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        [
          "movable property",
          "movable property"
        ],
        [
          "owner",
          "owner"
        ],
        [
          "known",
          "know#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "waif",
          "waif#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(British, law, archaic) Often in the form waif(s) and stray(s): an article of movable property, of which the owner is not known (see waif)."
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        "British",
        "archaic"
      ],
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        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Radio"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1926, Popular Radio, volume 9, page 191",
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1942, John C. Mathisson, Radio Acoustic Ranging, page 652",
          "text": "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 […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1976, IEEE Power Engineering Society, Nuclear Power: Health, Safety, Waste Disposal, page 20",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "An instance of atmospheric interference."
      ],
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        [
          "radio",
          "radio"
        ],
        [
          "atmospheric",
          "atmospheric"
        ],
        [
          "interference",
          "interference"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(radio) An instance of atmospheric interference."
      ],
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        "broadcasting",
        "media",
        "radio"
      ]
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    {
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        {
          "word": "stray bullet"
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        "English ellipses",
        "English links with redundant wikilinks",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1993, “Just Another Day”, in Black Reign, performed by Queen Latifah",
          "text": "Hit by a stray, but I pray that there's a hood in heaven",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ellipsis of stray bullet."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stray bullet",
          "stray bullet#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "ellipsis"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/stɹeɪ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-stray.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5d/En-us-stray.ogg/En-us-stray.ogg.mp3",
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        "US"
      ],
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    {
      "enpr": "strā"
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "domestic animal at large or lost",
      "word": "rrugaç"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bezdomno životno",
      "sense": "domestic animal at large or lost",
      "word": "бездомно животно"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "míshī",
      "sense": "domestic animal at large or lost",
      "word": "迷失"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "líqún",
      "sense": "domestic animal at large or lost",
      "word": "离群"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "domestic animal at large or lost",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "toulavý"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "domestic animal at large or lost",
      "word": "karkulainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "domestic animal at large or lost",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "animal errant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "domestic animal at large or lost",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Streuner"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "adéspoto",
      "sense": "domestic animal at large or lost",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "αδέσποτο"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "domestic animal at large or lost",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "randagio"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "zolbin",
      "sense": "domestic animal at large or lost",
      "word": "золбин"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "domestic animal at large or lost",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desgarrado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "domestic animal at large or lost",
      "word": "vira-lata"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "domestic animal at large or lost",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vagabond"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "domestic animal at large or lost",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maidanez"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bezdómnyj",
      "sense": "domestic animal at large or lost",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бездо́мный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "brodjáčij",
      "sense": "domestic animal at large or lost",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бродя́чий"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "domestic animal at large or lost",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zatúlaný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "domestic animal at large or lost",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "túlavý"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "domestic animal at large or lost",
      "word": "callejero"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "domestic animal at large or lost",
      "word": "başıboş dolaşan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "act of wandering or going astray",
      "word": "arrakat"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otklonjavane",
      "sense": "act of wandering or going astray",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "отклоняване"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "wandering",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of wandering or going astray",
      "word": "harhailu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "going astray",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of wandering or going astray",
      "word": "karkaaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act of wandering or going astray",
      "word": "errance"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of wandering or going astray",
      "word": "vagante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "belese",
      "sense": "act of wandering or going astray",
      "word": "بەلەسە"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zabludívšijsja",
      "sense": "act of wandering or going astray",
      "word": "заблуди́вшийся"
    },
    {
      "alt": "of a bullet, e.g. \"шальна́я пу́ля\" - \"stray bullet\"",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šalʹnój",
      "sense": "act of wandering or going astray",
      "word": "шально́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "act of wandering or going astray",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sarbaggiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of wandering or going astray",
      "word": "vagar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "area of common land",
      "word": "yhteislaidun"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "area of common land",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "commun"
    }
  ],
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    "Manila"
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}

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    "English terms derived from Old English",
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    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
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        "4": "paved road"
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "1642, John Denham, Cooper's Hill",
          "text": "Thames among the wanton valleys strays.",
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        "(intransitive) To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way."
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        "To wander from company or outside proper limits; to rove or roam at large; to go astray."
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          "rove"
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        [
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          "roam"
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          "at large"
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          "astray",
          "astray"
        ]
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        "(intransitive) To wander from company or outside proper limits; to rove or roam at large; to go astray."
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        "intransitive"
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        {
          "text": "November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, \"Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United,\" guardian.co.uk\nIt was a derby that left Manchester United a long way back in Manchester City’s wing-mirrors and, in the worst moments, straying dangerously close to being their own worst enemy."
        }
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      ],
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          "duty",
          "duty"
        ],
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          "rectitude",
          "rectitude"
        ],
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          "err"
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        "(intransitive) To wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err."
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "text": "To ease myself I was compelled to leave my basket behind me, trusting to return and find it, if I should ever reach safety and discover on what pathless hill I had been strayed.",
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        }
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        "To cause to stray; lead astray."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cause to stray; lead astray."
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        "transitive"
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      "ipa": "/stɹeɪ/"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪ"
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      "audio": "en-us-stray.ogg",
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḍalla",
      "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
      "word": "ضَلَّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otklonjavam se",
      "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
      "word": "отклонявам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
      "word": "bloudit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
      "word": "dwalen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
      "word": "eksyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
      "word": "harhautua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
      "word": "poiketa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
      "word": "errer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
      "word": "irren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
      "word": "streunen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
      "word": "vagare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
      "word": "snodare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
      "word": "snodarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
      "word": "zigzagare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
      "word": "pālor"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
      "word": "kotiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
      "word": "kōtitititi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
      "word": "dwelian"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "azmak",
      "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
      "word": "آزمق"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "błądzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zbłądzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svoráčivatʹ",
      "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "свора́чивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svernútʹ",
      "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сверну́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
      "word": "túlať sa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
      "word": "potulovať sa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
      "word": "errar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
      "word": "divagar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
      "word": "callejear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
      "word": "vagabundear"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
      "word": "başıboş dolaşmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to wander from a direct course",
      "word": "yoldan sapmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otklonjavam se",
      "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
      "word": "отклонявам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
      "word": "esgarriar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
      "word": "karata"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
      "word": "sich verlaufen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
      "word": "verloren gehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
      "word": "estraniarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
      "word": "pālor"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
      "word": "atitirauhea"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
      "word": "ātiutiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
      "word": "ātiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
      "word": "dwelian"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "plutátʹ",
      "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "плута́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "bluždátʹ",
      "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "блужда́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
      "word": "extraviarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
      "word": "perderse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
      "word": "descaminarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
      "word": "descarriarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to wander from company or from proper limits",
      "word": "kaybolmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "aźıw",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "аҙыу"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "yañılışıw",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "яңылышыу"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zabluždavam se",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "заблуждавам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obǎrkvam pǎtja",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "обърквам пътя"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "hairahtua"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "sich irren"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "perdersi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "dwelian"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
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      "roman": "azmak",
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    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "to err",
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        "imperfective"
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    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pl",
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        "perfective"
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      "word": "zbłądzić"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "sbivátʹsja s putí",
      "sense": "to err",
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        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сбива́ться с пути́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "sbítʹsja s putí",
      "sense": "to err",
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        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сби́ться с пути́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "zblúdiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to err",
      "word": "yanılmak"
    }
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    "Manila"
  ],
  "word": "stray"
}

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      "word": "stray bullet"
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      "word": "stray line"
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      "word": "stray mark"
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        {
          "text": "The alley is full of stray cats rummaging through the garbage.",
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        {
          "ref": "2017 April 6, Samira Shackle, “On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers”, in the Guardian",
          "text": "The organisation fills many gaps left by the state, operating a dizzying array of services, including homes for victims of domestic violence, food banks and a shelter for stray animals.",
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    {
      "categories": [
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        {
          "text": "a stray comma",
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        },
        {
          "text": "a stray bullet",
          "type": "example"
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        "In the wrong place; misplaced."
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      "links": [
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          "misplaced"
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      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/stɹeɪ/"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪ"
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        "US"
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      "enpr": "strā"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bezdomen",
      "sense": "having gone astray",
      "word": "бездомен"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "ulenahidv",
      "sense": "having gone astray",
      "word": "ᎤᎴᎾᎯᏛ"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "liúlàng",
      "sense": "having gone astray",
      "word": "流浪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zǒushī",
      "sense": "having gone astray",
      "word": "走失"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having gone astray",
      "word": "karannut"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having gone astray",
      "word": "eksynyt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having gone astray",
      "word": "errant"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having gone astray",
      "word": "égaré"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having gone astray",
      "tags": [
        "Louisiana"
      ],
      "word": "écarté"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having gone astray",
      "word": "streunend"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "adéspotos",
      "sense": "having gone astray",
      "word": "αδέσποτος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having gone astray",
      "word": "kóbor"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having gone astray",
      "word": "randagio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having gone astray",
      "word": "bezdomny (o zwierzęciu)"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having gone astray",
      "word": "zbłąkany"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having gone astray",
      "word": "bezpański"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "homeless",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bezdómnyj",
      "sense": "having gone astray",
      "word": "бездо́мный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zabludívšijsja",
      "sense": "having gone astray",
      "word": "заблуди́вшийся"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "having gone astray",
      "word": "fuadain"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "having gone astray",
      "word": "ligaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "jɔɔn-jàt",
      "sense": "having gone astray",
      "word": "จรจัด"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "'khyam",
      "sense": "having gone astray",
      "word": "འཁྱམ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izguben",
      "sense": "in the wrong place",
      "word": "изгубен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zabluden",
      "sense": "in the wrong place",
      "word": "заблуден"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in the wrong place",
      "word": "verirrt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in the wrong place",
      "word": "rătăcit"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Manila"
  ],
  "word": "stray"
}

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