Meaning of Stray | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any domestic animal that lacks an enclosure, proper place, or company, but that instead wanders at large or is lost; an estray.
2. A person who is lost.
   figuratively, literally
3. An act of wandering off or going astray.
4. An area of common land for use by domestic animals.
   historical
5. An article of movable property, of which the owner is not known (see waif).
   British, archaic
6. An instance of atmospheric interference.
7. A casual or offhand insult.
   slang
8. A submissive that has not committed to submit to any particular dominant, particulary in petplay.
9. Ellipsis of stray bullet.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Equivalents

Examples

“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”

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